Funny how you and this reporter casually twisted that around.
If Gray was running the nation's energy policy, as you would evidently reason, you should ask your congressman to investigate IMHO."
We Californians were getting screwed in this energy deal. Gray has designs on the presidency, and the path there does not include screwing your constituency, especially when you're the biggest electoral block in the country. Gray didn't like Hebert because he opposed price caps...The fact that Wood would be in place would have been no comfort, as Wood headed up the energy deregulation in Texas. Deregulation was Gray's enemy, and another pro-deregulation chair wasn't going to be any friendlier to California's plight than Hebert.
Also, keep in mind the time-line. The interview is 5/17. The price caps do go into place, under Hebert, on 5/29...Gray's complaints about Hebert were prior to the interview and prior to the institution of the caps.
Was Hebert somehow "threatened" by Gray, thinking he would lose his job if he didn't institute price caps? If so, Hebert was dead wrong, because he lost his job anyway, as the Vice-President confirmed he would back before May 17. Is the Vice-President beholden to Gray too?
Barbara
"Three months later, Hebert "resigned," and Pat Wood replaced him. So, I guess we do know who was running FERC then...Ken Lay. "
If, after review, you don't see the illogic of your conclusion, then I understand why you don't "get" the humor in my reply.