[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'll take the obvious and presumably dumb option: finish deregulation and
eliminate the consumer price limits imposed on the power "transport"
companies, and let them pass the high costs for the current scheme on to
the
consumer. That would make it more economically attractive to build power
generators in CA. It would also encourage consumers to engage in power
savings if their bills went up 400% - I can't imagine it would be hard to
cut power usage by 50% by actually following all of the recommendations
made
by various groups.
The problem is that the "consumers" in Cal are not just the consumers, they
are the companies etc. The US economy can't afford to let Cal tank it because
we would all go down together. In addition, some of the power companies have
had enormous profits which seems a bit unfair. It has been pointed out that
power use is probably one of those things that does not fit well into the
free market system for a variety of reasons.
