Re: Outsider viewpoint of CA power crisis

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From: John Navas
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:24

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In <B729FCC4.3D626%no-spam@RadioMonopoly.com> on Thu, 17 May 2001
22:10:13 -0700, John Higdon <no-spam@RadioMonopoly.com> wrote:

>What we should have been doing all along is to refuse to pay the exorbitant
>prices...period. If that would mean dropping load (rolling blackouts), then
>that is what it would mean.

I tend to agree, but as noted below, it could backfire.

>Once the generators learn that they are not
>going to get astronomical prices for on-peak electricity, you can bet the
>price will drop like a stone.

I think it quite possible that prices will settle in at the cap, the
most we are willing to pay.  The danger is that our total cost might
well go up if the cap is set too high, and that it might not be worth
the damage to the economy if the cap is set too low, a tough balancing
act indeed.

-- 
Best regards,
John Navas     <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>

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