-Caveat Lector- (This is for all you California bashers out there. We are the #1 energy conservation State in the Nation, and we saved even more energy last month. Way to go, California and Gov. Grey Davis! --SW) Californians cut power use 12 percent last month LESLIE GORNSTEIN, AP Business Writer Sunday, July 1, 2001 Breaking News Sections (07-01) 15:19 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California businesses and residents cut electricity use by 12 percent in June compared with the same period last year, state officials said Sunday -- proof, they said, that the governor's plan for coping with a tight power supply is working. "The people of California are speaking very loudly and very effectively," S. David Freeman, senior energy adviser to Gov. Gray Davis, said Sunday in a conference call with reporters. Peak electricity demand in June declined by 5,570 megawatts, or 14.1 percent, compared with June of 2000, according to adjusted figures prepared by the California Energy Commission. Overall, monthly electricity consumption dropped 12.3 percent. One megawatt is enough energy to power 1,000 homes. The analysis used raw figures from the California Independent System Operator, which manages most of the state's power grid. The figure provided by the ISO was a reduction of only 3,834 megawatts, the state officials said. The CEC's adjusted number was higher because it accounted for population growth and slightly hotter weather so far this year. In June 2000, there were 10 days when electricity demand exceeded 40,000 megawatts. There were no such days in June 2001. State officials stopped short of saying the conservation marks an end the state's energy crisis. But they said Californians' energy-saving measures were an important reason the state avoided blackouts last month, and added that new generators going online this summer will give the power grid some breathing room. "The combination of new power plants and conservation is closing the gap," Freeman said. The first new major power plant in California in more than a decade opened last week in Bakersfield. Davis, who has said the state's power supply will grow by 4,000 megawatts this summer, is expected to appear Monday at the unveiling of a new, 500- megawatt plant in Yuba City. The CEC report lacked specifics on whether businesses or consumers are conserving more, or on exactly how most Californians are conserving. But officials did offer plenty of anecdotal evidence. "For whole-house fans, the kinds that replace air conditioners, in one store in the Sacramento area, last year they sold 18, and this year there were 1,000 sales," said Wally McGuire, the state's conservation campaign manager. "I am assuming that people are buying them as replacements to air conditioners." "Incidentally, the sales of clotheslines in the state are going through the roof," Freeman said. State officials said they did not know how much conservation efforts are costing the state, but Davis has said that the state has pledged $800 million to conservation efforts. Freeman said the efforts are saving money that would otherwise be spent buying power on the spot market. Sunday's report roughly matches a similar analysis put out last month about May electricity demands. That report showed that demand was down 11 percent. In April this year, monthly electricity use was down 7 percent over the previous year. ANOMALOUS IMAGES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
