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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay: [QB] I rather thought the whole of the coverage was pretty well balanced. I trust you read [b]more[/b] than the Republican, er, Democratic Governor Davis' speech section. I'm not wholly sure that your theory...because much of what you write in earlier parts ot the thread are theory about deregulation and now what is practically happening in California...hold true in the energy market of California. [QUOTE]What went wrong? Conceived in the depths of an economic recession and just before the Internet boom, deregulation was based on the assumption that electricity demand would grow gradually. Instead, it raced ahead as much as three times more quickly than predicted, straining the supply. In fact, although California's per capita energy use is the third-lowest in the nation, California also generates less power per resident than any other state. Out-of-state plants make up the deficit, but electricity supplies became so tight last year that the Bay Area got hit with a blackout and state authorities declared emergency shortages on 22 days--including the first ever Stage 3 emergency, which could have resulted in rationing. Other reasons cited for the electricity crunch are the state's older, less efficient power plants (55% are more than 30 years old); citizens' unwillingness to tolerate new power plants close to their homes; slackening of electricity conservation efforts; an overtaxed transmission grid; increased power demand in Western states exporting electricity to California; and, yes, inadequate state regulation of wholesalers.[/QUOTE] I don't think that how much you want to cajole your argument, deregulation has to be part of the problem. California regulates carbon dioxide emissions for cars and the auto industry has complied by engineering cars that fit the standards...made a shitload of cash and moved on. Same with gasoline. Why then, should the now private energy companies who want to reap the rewards of doing business in Califonia not do the same? As an aside, I'd like to know (and not as some sort of challenge that you don't know what your talking about thing) where you are getting the info on the CO2. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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