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Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. Republican Assemblyman John Campbell says documents obtained from the state Department of Water Resources (DWR) show that California sold 583,987 megawatts of power between March and July of this year at a fraction of the price it had paid for the energy. In fact, the DWR sold excess power every day in July, except on the 4th of July, according to Campbell. He wants the state assembly to investigate the issue through energy oversight hearings. On March 19th, Campbell says, the California Independent System Operator ordered rolling blackouts while the DWR was actually selling 2,098 megawatts of excess electricity at a loss. Salazar said Campbell's information is "just plain false" and "for anyone to insinuate that we somehow had a surplus of power and were selling at a loss defies common sense. Campbell is the only one with that information and nobody else in the entire state has written about it," Salazar added. And in a study commissioned by the Los Angeles Times, it was discovered that as far in the future as 2004, contracts exist that bind California to purchase 43 percent of its power at already negotiated prices, which theoretically would provide California with an energy surplus. If California follows the precedent set in the 1980s when it was faced with a similar problem, it may ironically encourage consumers to use more power in order to keep from selling it off at a loss. Other options may include buying out contracts or simply not honoring them, which could ultimately lead to legal scuffles. Davis has been accused of improper activities in relation to the power crisis, including the hiring of individuals with conflicts of interests due to their employment within the power industry and their owning of energy industry stock. And after investigating the situation, the legislature can decide on what measures, if any, need to be taken," said Campbell. I'd like to know anecdotaly, just for fun, but have no desire to go cross eyed trying to read masses of government documents either to find out. It's gotten to the point you really can't trust either industry documents or government documents, you can print up everything and anything you want to it appears. Any california energy documents, from any source anymore, might be as good as cia plane flying cartoons, or the warren commission report. This is a true sign of their incompetent trading: On March 19th, Campbell says, the California Independent System Operator ordered rolling blackouts while the DWR was actually selling 2,098 megawatts of excess electricity at a loss. LOL 77 9 Posted on 08/17/2001 22:49:46 PDT by 78 farmfriend 79 Reply | 80 Private Reply | 81 To 8 | 82 Top | 83 Last 84 To: farmfriend And the bold I see. That statement in Bold just lit my fire and I got all riled up at Davis once again! I have a joke I got from my daughter tonight that is a bit risque but I simply must put it here in view of all the Democratic bald face lying! During a recent staff meeting in Heaven, God, Moses, and Saint Peter concluded that the behavior of President Clinton and Rep. Condit had brought about the need for an eleventh commandment. They worked long and hard in a brain storming session to try to settle on the wording of the new commandment, because they realized that it should have the same style, majesty and dignity as the original ten. It amazes me that people aren't recalling Davis the way they are recalling McVain. He's a good man, but this suggestion smacks more of being an attempt to embarass Davis than to solve the problem. If he really wanted to solve the problem, he would be "flabbergasted" that his own assembly hadn't revoked Davis's emergency powers. That the legislature has not declared the emergency to be over and that Davis is thereby relieved of his emergency powers is a major crime against the people of California. The 'liberal press' seems to be willing to say that the policies of Gov Davis are not so good for California, even if it is only occasionally. I hope the voters (as opposed to the people who don't vote) are listening to the media. Oh well, it was too much to hope that the liberal press might be changing its spots. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
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