Steve,
I say this because now California is racing to construct 15 new power plants - 4 or 5 of them already in operation, all due to the rolling blackouts and high prices per KWH / MWH to power generating companies.
These are the results we have been facing in California from Deregulation.
In 1999, the Energy Standards reduced KWH consumption equal to the output of 6 average fossil fuel burning power plants.
This considerably reduced the output power demands on power plants, loss of power [blackouts] to customers, pollution and acid rain, reliance on more fossil fuels, allowed more conservation of fossil fuels, even reduced U-239 waste disposal levels! [highly radioactive U-238 spent, or used fuel after reactions].
Now California is building more power plants which will no doubt be running at least 50% output load continuously.
That's what I mean by everything has been screwed by Deregulation.
Scott SET
