Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I said "at certain times of the year."
British Columbia is tied by treaty arrangements (Columbia River
Treaty, 1961) to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), and is,
VERY SIGNIFICANTLY, now part of same grid that is the ISO, the
Independent System
For those who care, take a look at
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/opinion/10KRUG.html
which is an op-ed piece by an MIT Economics prof. describing the California
situation in the same terms I have. He cites a paper which in turn cites
evidence that artificial shortages were previously
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For those who care, take a look at
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/opinion/10KRUG.html which is an
op-ed piece by an MIT Economics prof. describing the California
situation in the same terms I have. He cites a paper which in turn
cites evidence that artificial shortages were
At 2:37 PM -1000 12/29/00, Reese wrote:
At 03:33 PM 12/29/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking at the queue of plant requests within California they also seem
to be obsessed with building them in highly populated areas.
Easy commute for the workers, and a large pool to draw workers from?
Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Lost on your typically smug Canadian analysis has been any objective
analysis of markets for power. Do you know, for example, that
California as a state is a _net exporter_ of power to the Northwest
and especially to Western Canada at certain times of the
At Sun, 24 Dec 2000 23:50:01 -0800, "Raymond D. Mereniuk" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
In my initial message I stated the current rise in natural gas prices
are caused by multiple factors. [blah blah blah]
That's outright bullshit. You wrote: "The bad decisions of the citizens
of California
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Raymond D. Mereniuk wrote:
In my initial message I stated the current rise in natural gas prices
are caused by multiple factors. Natural gas prices were too low in
recent years and this caused a shortage in supply.
MASSIVE SNIP
Just an observation, but most of the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:15:09 -0500 (EST)
Raymond's pointed out that some gas plants normally idle are now running
full-time to meet demand. To me this reads the same as using idle plants
instead of building new ones. Perhaps not a bright move in terms of safety,
Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Size of a market is a shifting concept. British Columbia and
Vancouver are certainly large markets.
Compared to California markets this is a small market. Two million
folks in the metro area and 3 million total in the province (state).
If there were a
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Huh? Let's make this simple. How is California's lack of power plants
causing natural gas prices to rise? Plants that don't exist don't use gas
and don't contribute to shortages.
What the fella said was the lack of power plants indicates a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Huh? Let's make this simple. How is California's lack of power plants
causing natural gas prices to rise? Plants that don't exist don't use gas
and don't contribute to shortages.
California's importing power from elsewhere, so why didn't these other generators
"Raymond D. Mereniuk" wrote:
Here I sit in Vancouver BC Canada paying outrageous prices for
natural gas because of the demand in California for natural gas for
heating and electrical generation purposes. I feel California should
pay for their previous decisions themselves, if you don't
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