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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (62)	6/19/2001 10:31:53 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) of 186

AP News -- Calif. to Borrow $5B for Power June 19, 2001 Calif. to Borrow $5B for Power By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 10:00 p.m. ET SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California will borrow up to $5 billion from Wall Street to keep its lights on in coming months, state treasurer Phil Angelides said Tuesday. Angelides called the loan a short-term strategy to buy power until the state sells up to $13.4 billion in bonds this fall. Those bonds will pay off both the short-term loan announced Tuesday and about $8 billion the state has spent for power since January. Customers of the state's three major embattled utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric, will pay off this fall's loan by charging more for electricity. ``This interim financing takes the pressure off the general fund and hopefully will avert a cash crisis here at the state,'' Angelides said. The state's government has watched its one-time budget surplus, propelled by a booming late 1990s economy, evaporate all through 2001 to buy electricity at up to $70 million a day. The money would otherwise be spent on schools, law enforcement and highways. Gov. Gray Davis authorized the short-term borrowing plan with an executive order late Monday. Copyright 2001 The Associated Press

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