Since this off topic debate has been born, I will throw in my two cents
worth. On a micro-economic scale, if it still takes one man hour, one mile
of existing paid for wire, one therm of natural gas that has been in the
ground for 10 zillion years, the only thing that changed the price of
electricity is our willingness to pay more. The day the generators started
spouting shortage, pay more, we should have voluntarily shut everything off,
like a black out during WW2. With no customers at all I guarantee the price
wouldn't have gone up. We're just all to dependent on something that should
be a luxury.
David Riker
74 Midget
63 Falcon
70 Torino
http://home.pacbell.net/davriker
----- Original Message -----
From "Chris Kotting" <ckotting at core.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 5:09 AM
Subject: NO LBC RE Utility Deregulation WAS Re: time, now no LBC Re: SWAG
Blackhawk Tour
> It wasn't deregulation that screwed things up in California,
> deregulation is just an easy scapegoat. California would have been in
> pretty much the same shape without deregulation.
>
> 1) No new Electric generation built in the past 15 or so years.
> 2) Inadequate transmission capacity to bring power in.
> 3) The largest Electric demand growth in the US.
>
> It was, in many people's opinion, a bad idea to deregulate generation
> under these conditions. It certainly wasn't a politically wise move.
> However, don't blame competition for the weeds when the seeds were sown
> under regulation.
>
> Chris K.
> Midget owner and utility regulator.
>
> Grossac@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Welcome to the world of utility deregulation, brought to you with all
best
> > intentions, but implemented woefully by totally inept politicians
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