[lit-ideas] Re: It's not the heat, it's the heat

  • From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:23:32 -0700

I doubt it. Southern California Edison (SoCalEd), based in San Diego, was the company that kicked off the disasterous electric blackouts several years ago. Its CEO was the chief architect of energy deregulation.

The Republicans promised that free-market competition would bring cheaper energy to everyone. Energy lobbyists spent over $40 million in "political donations" to ensure a correct vote.

Consumer advocates and industry experts predicted a disaster.

Calif had a reliable, functioning energy system. But deregulation destroyed it.

What happened? Quite simply: Energy companies sold their generators to out-of-state companies, such as Enron, which promptly shut off those generators to create fake shortages. Thus prices shot up to as high as $9,999.99 per megawatt. Why not higher? Because the system could only handle that many numbers. If they could, they would have charged far more. Enron shut down the state of California repeatedly and forced it to pay billions.

yrs,
andreas
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----- Original Message ----- From: <JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:29 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: It's not the heat, it's the heat


Did it work?  Did the elec co do anything?

Julie Krueger

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What to do? Stay indoors, use the air  conditioning, and protest PG&E
(electric co.) if they won't give  folks here a financial break.


Yesterday, the electric company in Palm  Springs sent out the bills. Many
were over $1,000.

Over 68,000 people  called to protest the  bills.

yrs,
andreas
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