Deregulation of the electricity industry is a slow-moving disaster.
Plus when California deregulated, Enron set up fake brownouts so they could jack up their prices.
Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2010 12:20:31 pm PST #7408 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Feb 09, 2010 12:23:26 pm PST #7409 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Plus when California deregulated, Enron set up fake brownouts so they could jack up their prices.
Yeah, I'm still kinda punch-in-the-face angry about that one.
Lee - Feb 09, 2010 12:25:51 pm PST #7410 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I've moved from doing my self-evaluation to writing reviews for other people.
I'm probably not allowed to say "I like V. On sunny days, he rides a really cool motorcycle, and on rainy days he drives a very shiny muscle car", am I?
megan walker - Feb 09, 2010 12:27:43 pm PST #7411 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Plus when California deregulated, Enron set up fake brownouts so they could jack up their prices.
Did they fail? Because utilities are so much cheaper here than the East Coast.
Ginger - Feb 09, 2010 12:30:45 pm PST #7412 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I was so furious with Enron and the other companies involved in that I could hardly see straight, in part because I worked so long at a utility that, while it certainly had many faults, was working for the welfare of Georgia. A regulated utility only prospers if its service area prospers. It's easy to screw California if you work for a giant company in Texas.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2010 12:32:42 pm PST #7413 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This has both an awesome headline and an awesome picture!
Angry Norwegians in scuba gear chase after Google Street View car
javachik - Feb 09, 2010 12:37:37 pm PST #7414 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
megan, you weren't here for the brown-out and super high PG&E bills period. It sucked.
Gudanov - Feb 09, 2010 12:43:31 pm PST #7415 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I think the goal of having consumer choice of an energy provider is a good one. Having the right regulatory structure for that is the trick. I have to admit I haven't studied the issue to see how it's worked out in the various states that are trying it, though there's not a single model appropriate for every state. If it came up as a ballot issue here, I'd have to feel really good about the model to vote for it even though I think the goal is a good one.
Edit: Clearly the way it was done in CA wasn't the right way.
Sue - Feb 09, 2010 12:50:54 pm PST #7416 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Angry Norwegians in scuba gear chase after Google Street View car
Angry or drunk?
Steph L. - Feb 09, 2010 12:57:09 pm PST #7417 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Angry Norwegians in scuba gear chase after Google Street View car
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