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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (52072)	12/28/2000 8:25:31 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 436258

Further stress on electricity supplies in SoCal dead ahead: SoCalEdison to take an 1100 MWh nuke plant offline for 45 days starting next week: Message 15094235 You're right. If the FERC doesn't raise (or preferably remove) their cap, out of state producers will stop generating exportable power, because their costs to produce (with skyrocketing NG prices) are rising. Continuing the price caps is NOT a solution, IMO, and Bush will have none of this BS when he comes to power.

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (52072)	12/28/2000 8:34:27 PM
From: Kona	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Note the post from Patron about San Onofre3 going offline next week. The Perfect (Electric) Storm approaches. It's not that the biggies of the "new economy" are in California or use any electricity or anything like that.

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (52072)	12/28/2000 9:42:55 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<these people must be stark raving mad...so now they think by regulating it even MORE they're going to save the situation? supplies will simply dry up completely if they do that. > Hell, what does silicon valley need electicity for anyway?? What boneheads, It'll be a ghost town soon if they keep that up! DAK

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (52072)	12/28/2000 10:17:15 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

They mixed that chart up with an internet stock ... uh, oh yeah NG -- NetGear something or other ... I'm buyin' and holding for the January Effect -- gotta see the 20's min. You on board? <g>

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (52072)	12/28/2000 10:34:25 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

It does seem curious that the utility companies in California can't make a profit at 6.5 cents per kWh. Here in Virginia residences are paying an average of 5.2 cents per kWh - we are paying 4.5 cents kWh winter, 5.5 cents kWh summer under 800 kWh, 7.6 cents kWh summer over 800 kWh. Businesses get a better rate - the biggest pay 3.7 cents per kWh. (Dominion Power - Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Ohio.) Obviously they don't have enough power plants. But who is at fault here? It looks like the last major power plant built in California was 15 years ago - Diablo Canyon. That one took forever and a day to get built - it was opposed every step of the way by the No Nukes crowd. >>The last major power plant built in California opened 15 years ago at Diablo Canyon. The nuclear-powered plant can generate 2,200 megawatts. Since Diablo Canyon came on line, the state has grown by 8.2 million people, has created 3.5 million jobs and has built 2.4 million homes, according to the state Department of Finance.<< ocregister.com But you ought to take a look at the timeline for building the Diablo Canyon plant - it's amazing - PG&E started trying to build it in 1963! The roadblocks that the environmentalists put up were incredible. I see that a grand jury was convened to investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing by the NRC for licensing the plant. Why anyone would want to build another plant in California is beyond my comprehension. sfo.com sfo.com I wonder if the same people who opposed building new plants are now the ones complaining that the power costs too much? Something tells me that this might be the case.