Exactly. Build the LNG plant there, in fact they should and probably will build power plants to consume the gas and just build a high-line corridor and send the electricity across.
In fact, to go another step, if we build our manufacturing plants on the Mexican side of the line, we don't have to send neither gas, nor electricity across, you just send the finished products across. Then everyone is happy. Californians don't have to be bothered with power plants or ugly carbon-producing manufacturing, or the jobs or the technical expertise that goe with them.
I swear, why anyone would build anything in California is beyond me. I wouldn't. If I had a billion to invest in an industrial facility, I'd invest it where they wanted me. If thats China, or Mexico, so be it.
Helen Clark would love your billion in New Zealand...