Not quite, California wrote some extraordinarily laws. A first year economics student could have predicted the ultimate disaster. I'm only surprised it took so long for it to happen.
John Sessoms wrote: >> From: >> Adam Maas >> Canada's power distribution rules resemble long-distance phone rules. >> the local company provides the wires, but 3rd party companies must be >> allowed access, and they can buy the power from the producers (since >> most of Canada's power comes from either the big hydroelectric >> projects or Nukes, most of the country's power distribution is >> seperate from production. The exception being rural areas on the >> provincial Power Company grid. >> > > Hmmm? Sounds something like the de-regulation scheme the power companies > foisted on California back in the late 90s; that Enron exploited in 2001. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1972574.stm > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/02/eveningnews/printable620795.shtml > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
