<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 20:29, Michael Thomas <<a href="mailto:mike@mtcc.com">mike@mtcc.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 12/25/19 6:16 PM, Michael Loftis
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<div dir="auto">Having lived through the blackouts that was
entirely different. 90% Enron manipulating the markets.
There was plenty of capacity both in transmission and
generation, but Enron manipulated prices and apparent supply
to make money and screwed the whole state over. There was
just about 2x the generating capacity, no real shortage. </div>
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<div dir="auto">This time it’s PG&E all alone, but still
fallout from back then. Too much liability and they’ve not
maintained the infrastructure and so they decided that to
reduce the liability costs it’s cheaper to blackout. Same
story again different colors. PG&E making a mint while
people get screwed (PG&E was mostly at the getting
screwed end in 2000-2001)</div>
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<p>Yes, this is exactly right. My point here isn't to assign blame,
but to ask what the hell we're going to do about it. Trying to
score political points is disgusting.</p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><div>The same thing we've always done and recommended — Vote With Your Wallet. Move to state that takes care of its infrastructure and doesn't have such a gridlock. Or remain in California if you think "climate deniers" (whatever that term may mean) are "disgusting".<br></div><div><br></div><div>As a consumer and internet infrastructure operator, I don't particularly see or care about the difference between PG&E getting screwed or doing the screwing. It's the populace of the state that gets the resulting fallout in terms of the rolling blackouts. Which other state has had this in the last 20 years?<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm an ex-California resident myself here — voted with my wallet already. Love the idea and implementation of an independent power grid of my new home state.</div><div><br></div><div>C.</div></div>