yes, and Ontario almost learned from that disaster. -Adam
P. J. Alling wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
