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To: DOUG H who wrote (881)	8/16/2001 3:26:59 AM
From: DOUG H	Respond to of 1715

Go here and click on "system conditions" caiso.com

To: DOUG H who wrote (881)	8/21/2001 12:32:10 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1715

.... businesses and residents made a VERY concerted effort to conserve.....More capacity is available, maintenance is done in the spring so......California has had some businesses shut their doors due to tripling of bills,.... All reasonable points. One could add additional capacity from the alternate power producers. It seems someone with the resources of the federal government would also be able to come to similar conclusions. Instead we were told by the lead energy planner that there was NO WAY California could avoid blackouts this summer. If Cheney could be that wrong on the California crisis...how wrong is he with the federal {cough} energy policies he created behind closed doors? The shift in the balance of power in the Senate also played a significant role. It is doubtful Cheney could have predicted that which may explain his screw up. If there is no shortage, should we expect the CPUC to be rolling back rates soon? There is still a shortage. Excess capacity is needed as there are too many unknowns...weather.....foreign energy sources...And there is still the matter of the ten billion +/- that has to be paid back. IMO it should come out of the state funds already expended. The state screwed up with help from the feds and others so the entire state should pay. If market manipulation is proven then the manipulators should pay any and all increased costs that resulted from their shenanigans. Or Govenor Graymatter cancelling the fasttracking of all the new plants he's promising? Even if Davis has only come up with half a loaf....he has come up with a lot more than most other state and federal and private players who have either come up with nothing or have tried to thwart California's attempts to extricate itself from the so called energy crisis.....which seems to have more to do with marketing than energy shortages. Zeuspaul