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To: w0z who wrote (46952)	5/18/2001 2:39:35 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Bill, OT *** energy TOU sounds like a great idea and is cheap to implement if it only costs $50. Yes, this whole mess is not easy to understand and I don't think the industry is blameless either. Not planning for enough capacity [even if it means a fight with the environmentalists] is inexcusable, especially since power use is relatively easy to forecast LT. I hear the same lament about gasoline: there are not enough refineries. This is clearly an instance where the industry failed. We all accept that other companies [Cisco comes to mind] failed to plan properly. I find it easy to believe that power companies can fail similarly. There are three areas that supply necessities and require such an expensive infrastructure that competition is difficult to nurture: energy, communication [telephone etc] and water. The first two have resisted attempts to introduce competition even after deregulation. [long distance rates are on the rise again because smaller startups have disappeared]. I hope nobody tries to deregulate water. :) Gottfried