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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (47475)	12/14/2000 8:37:46 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

hb - ...and the 'solution' so far is that Richardson now 'orders' out-of-state suppliers to supply electricity against their will...got communist command economy? ... So we now have active suppression of supply in any geography that can possibly be effectively re-directed to California. As far as bankruptcies go, I have little concern for shareholders who invest in a regulated/subsidized industry and get burned. Regards, Don

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (47475)	12/14/2000 10:23:02 AM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<<the utilities that are now teetering on the brink of insolvency are already being denounced as wanting to 'abuse' the situation and 'gouge' consumers if possible) no additional power generation capacity will be forthcoming.>> Exactly. What utility company in their right mind would lay out the CapEx necessary to build a power plant in that sort of hostile regulatory environment? The denial in California regarding the "Power Bubble" dwarfs that seen even in the I-Nutz in February!<NG>