<OT> northeast power outage

[Alma J Wetzker]

I am not sure that regulation or de-regulation is really the problem. 
It seems to me to be this strange, hybrid, government solution that is 
both and neither.  If we want competition, deregulate the WHOLE thing 
and allow competition.  If we want regulation, stop pretending that the 
power companies should turn a profit and be listed on the exchanges. 
Anything else is silly and doesn't work very well.

     -- Alma

> Jack Berger <jberger at midwestiso.org> Sat, 16 Aug 2003 10:32:55 -0500
> 
> No, I don't think we disagree on this. I just didn't expound on the
> underlying reason for the current mess in the power system. That is
> DE-REGULATION of the industry.
> 
> -jhb-
> 
> From:   Tom Marinis <tmarinis99 at yahoo.com>
> 
>>Jack Berger wrote:
>>
>>>The truth is that everyone wants/loves/needs electricity, but no one
>>>wants to pay for it in terms of building the necessary infrastructure
>>>to support it (NIMBY)...
>>
> 
>>I don't agree with you.
>>
>>However, the case for modernization for something is made
>>everyday in government circles.