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To: combjelly who wrote (198494)8/26/2004 1:12:29 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1576165
 
"Maybe its a west coast thing."

Nope. Bryan, Texas has done this since 1919.
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It's probably less common in the Northeast. In general, you don't see this outside of smaller markets, power generation is very sensitive to economies of scale.

Seattle and LA are two big markets with city dep'ts that provide water and power. And I think that's true for SFO and San Diego.

ted



To: combjelly who wrote (198494)8/26/2004 9:44:09 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576165
 
The City of Austin Texas owns the local electric generation too.

Enron tried very hard to get state laws passed that would force them to sell, but they imploded, and DeLay had other priorities.

TP


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