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To: yard_man who wrote (56071)	1/10/2001 11:08:36 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Tip, from what I've read, Cal's problem is that in state generators don't generate enough electricity for intrastate demand, period. Cal had got used to buying electricity from other states, but a hot, dry summer and a cold winter in the other states, and high natural gas prices, means that there isn't enough hydro power and there isn't enough gas-generated power generated out of state to both meet increased demand in the other states (like Washington and Oregon) and have extra to ship to California. New facilities are being built in California - if the state decides to take them (and any other part of the infrastructure) via eminent domain they will have to pay fair market value to the present owners. There's no cheap fix.