GO SIMON
Posted on 05/22/2002 4:56:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:36:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Operators of California's electric grid played market games in an effort to counter those being played by generators, and consumers were the losers, state Sen. Joe Dunn said Tuesday.
The state Independent System Operator said it would investigate the Santa Ana Democrat's charges, and a spokesman for the state's power buying agency said it was concerned that the ISO had behaved improperly.
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There it is -- the thing that politicians get all upset about when someone in a private company does this!
What???? This was months after the crisis had eased. What was the state doing this kind of crap for late last year?
We do have this:<
Even though the state had enough power, the ISO was anticipating repairs on a transmission line would make it essential to draw electricity from two plants -- one run by Duke Energy Corp. and one by Reliant Energy Inc.
Those plants were not prepared to make themselves available, the ISO reportedly told the Department of Water Resources, and it needed the state to promise to buy their power.
Beleive it or not, that is the only movie line I can readily recall and it fit the post. :-o)<
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