[Bloody Sam Roberts]

'Flying Circus' said; "The debts are a direct result of consumers paying below market rates while the companies selling the power were forced to purchase at market rate."

I replied, "And the consumer wasn't forced to pay that rate?"

Meaning, 'consumers paying below market rates' is immaterial. That was my point. They are forced to pay that rate. That's what is on their bill.
Do you think they should have paid more than what was on their bill?
Of course not. But now it seems that they are being hosed for not doing so. A total no-win situation.

[balrog666]

Do you think they should have paid more than what was on their bill? Of course not. But now it seems that they are being hosed for not doing so. A total no-win situation.

I agree that it's a no-win situation. I think we can lay the blame squarely on Greyout Davis and the California Assembly-of-Idiots.

With the bankrupcy court in play, the power companies cannot be forced to to spend themselves into the ground, so the users are going to have to pay. Davis could fix things now so that the right people pay, but he's still trying to hide from the whole mess until after the election.