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To: gamesmistress who wrote (3734)	4/24/2001 4:09:00 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Respond to of 23153

Power over time is measured in watthours. Consumers are typically billed in KilowattHours (KWh). Being short a gigawatt for a day would be a deficit of 24 gigawatthours. The accumulated California deficit over the entire time period is 55 terawatthours, or 55,175,000,000 KWh. My math indicates that this is enough to power one million typical homes for 6.3 years ((55,175/24 hours per day)/365 days per year). California imported that much power from other places (mostly without paying for it so far) like Canada, Oregon, Nevada, and the BPA.

To: gamesmistress who wrote (3734)	4/24/2001 4:42:15 PM
From: Ken Robbins	Respond to of 23153

Here is an explanation. The capacity of a generating plant is expressed in units of power, 1000 megawatts, for instance. However this capacity is an instantaneous measure of power. Power consumed, however, includes the time element. Power used over time equals work done. The 55,175 million kilowatt hours could be 55,175 megawatts consumed over a period of 1000 hours, or 55,175 kilowatts consumed over a period of 1 million hours. Sorry if this is not so clear, possibly someone else can explain it better. Electricity was not one of my strong subjects.