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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (571)	6/16/2001 3:34:01 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1715

Hi Hawkmoon, Re: Hackers -- Here's an interesting read. grc.com Of course, the Cal-ISO is most easily hacked by those who communicate with it regularly. Like the utes and the IPPs for instance. Interesting to me that the CNET reporter was so little interested in IDing the perp. This is a modus operandi of the "dirty tricks" units at some organizations. It could be 13 year old script kiddies, and it could just as easily be a power marketer who is looking for a new way to confuse and harass the market. Either one is a possibility, but the later perp has way more motivation. <bg> -Ray

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (571)	6/19/2001 4:11:19 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1715

The caps by the FERC are still pegged to the costs of the least-efficient producers of power. However, they will mitigate this by not allowing the costs of startup or meeting emissions standards in the cost and will bill them separately, at least that is the plan. Costs will also be pegged to cost of natural gas. That least-efficient clause has a certain collusive and in your face flavor to it. They are in effect saying, "alternative energy is our friend and we don't care if it breaks your budget to support them." The washer just finished, got to go hang them out to dry.;)