California Fodorites: How bad is the electricity crisis, anyway?
Jan 11th, 2001, 11:04 AM
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California Fodorites: How bad is the electricity crisis, anyway?
As a former California resident, I was wondering how you all are doing with the energy crisis? If media reports out here are to be believed, people really are doing without electricity, and bills are out of sight. How in the world did all of this happen, anyway, and is Governor Davis to blame? Also, for the San Francisco people, just how bad is the flooding out there?
Jan 11th, 2001, 11:17 AM
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The crisis is being over-hyped. No one is being deprived off power, but our bills are 3x higher than a year ago.
Cause? It's a long story, but can be blamed on the following:
1) stupid politicains and their lame brained government sponsored deregulation, FWIW deregulation in Texas and Pennsylvania has worked.
2) NIMBY attitude ... no one wanted new power plants in their neighborhood. 10 years with 8 million more people and no new plants planned or constructed.
Gray Davis wasn't the primary cause, but may be the fall guy and certainly his solutions could be worse.
Certain California municipalities who rejected the deregulation and went to free market and purchased plants instead of forced selling are doing quite well.
Cause? It's a long story, but can be blamed on the following:
1) stupid politicains and their lame brained government sponsored deregulation, FWIW deregulation in Texas and Pennsylvania has worked.
2) NIMBY attitude ... no one wanted new power plants in their neighborhood. 10 years with 8 million more people and no new plants planned or constructed.
Gray Davis wasn't the primary cause, but may be the fall guy and certainly his solutions could be worse.
Certain California municipalities who rejected the deregulation and went to free market and purchased plants instead of forced selling are doing quite well.
Jan 11th, 2001, 04:34 PM
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Flooding here is no worse than it ever is. It's just the start of the winter storm season. In fact, it's just like it was last year, just a few days earlier.
Word to the guy who said it was deregulation and NIMBYism. Those two are really the reason why. Not to mention that PG&E want their customers to pay for the cost of doing business so that they can keep posting profits to their investors.
Word to the guy who said it was deregulation and NIMBYism. Those two are really the reason why. Not to mention that PG&E want their customers to pay for the cost of doing business so that they can keep posting profits to their investors.
