-Caveat Lector- If citizens are stupid enough to trust businessmen to deliver vital necessities at low cost, then they deserve to get screwed. There is NO SUCH THING AS A FREE MARKET. All human transactions are manipulations based on someone's decisions. There is no " invisible hand." Nor is there a Santa Claus, or Leprechauns, or even Unicorns. Those with economic power use it to get more power and more money. Vital necessities of life like energy, water, food, transportation, health care, education, defense, and a viable economic system SHOULD NEVER BE IN THE HANDS OF BUSINESSMEN whose essential job is to get money from YOUR pocket into THEIR pockets. Not very complicated. Nurev ====================== > Electric Scam Exposed - Demand lower in 4 of past > 6 months than in 1999 > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > JANUARY 19, 2001 > 10:59 AM > CONTACT: Public Citizen > Angela Bradbery (202) 588-7742 or (202) 588-7741 > > The Facts Are In: Electricity Demand in California Was Lower > in Four of Past Six Months Than in 1999 > > Data Casts Doubt on Power Producers' Claims > That Demand Has Fueled Higher Prices > > WASHINGTON > - January 19 - Power demand during four of the past six months in > California was lower than during the same period in 1999, indicating > that California's power producers are misrepresenting the facts > about energy demand to justify gouging the state's utilities, Public > Citizen has concluded. > > Public Citizen analyzed system hourly load data compiled by the > California Independent System Operator (CAISO). CAISO uses this > data to find out how much energy must come from various plants to > meet California demand and records the highest amounts of > demand by hour within the state of California. The data shows that > while demand did soar in May, in four out of the past six months -- > July, August, October and December -- California saw a > lower peak demand than during the same months in 1999. > "The facts are in, and they prove that power producers have been > misrepresenting the energy crisis as caused by increased consumer demand," > said Wenonah Hauter, director of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy and > Enviro > nment Program. "Power producers want Californians to believe that consumers > need to pay higher rates to encourage the construction of new power plants > to meet the alleged higher demand. Our analysis reveals their ploy to > soak consumers." > With no increase in energy demand, a major contributor to the > current crisis is that plants servicing California with 11,000 > megawatts of capacity have been taken out of service for a variety > of reasons, most undisclosed. > Now, power producers are inappropriately citing increased demand > to justify building new plants, and they are hoping to speed the > process by suspending California's environment-friendly standards > and blocking the ability of communities to oppose new plants. > "The fact that demand in California is on par with previous years > highlights power producers' attempts to circumvent environmental > rules and local input on energy policy," Hauter said. > While power producers acknowledge that many other factors are > affecting prices, including demand in the entire western U.S., they > have focused on California energy demand when justifying their high > prices. > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
