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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (132676)	3/21/2001 4:49:07 PM
From: dave rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

<<<<The consumer will only be forced to pay 40 cents for a while- -if governments get out of the way and allow markets to work. If power generators are reaping 1000% profits, other companies will quickly be circling like hawks. New electric power sources will pop up. And the price will drop to the 3-7 cent range. If governments will do what is needed to help that happen, like allow the plants to be built>>>>> This is much too difficult for the liberal mind to understand. It is the market that works all the time if left unfettered by governments.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (132676)	3/21/2001 7:55:13 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The case for deregulating the electrical power industry can be easily made by looking at what has happened to the telecommunication industry. It was painful in the first few years, (large scale change usually is) then market forces started acting on the system, and we were rewarded with the internet and 3 cent a minute long distance phone rates. Which continue to plummet every day. Who knows what kinds of innovations would come to the forefront if we deregulated the electrical power industry. Certainly more than we have seen in the past 40 years. The conservative position is to allow free market forces to come into play with reasonable safety mechanisms. For instance, we wouldn't want an elderly person who subsists on social security to have their heat turned off in the dead of winter for being one month behind on their bill. And we wouldn't want children's lives being threatened by the cold. Michael