[33638] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Second day of rolling blackouts starts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Thu Jan 18 14:35:14 2001
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:11:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@civicnet.org>
To: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: "'Sean Donelan'" <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9DC8BBAD4FF100408FC7D18D1F092286039B03@condor.mhsc.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10101181409360.357-100000@ntcorp.dn.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> What's wrong with this picture? I see the generators, holding a shotgun at
> PG&E's neck, and telling the state that they'll pull the triggers if the
> state doesn't come up with the dough. They're not even wearing a mask! Yet,
> no one is seeing anything wrong with this and they're acting like it's
> PG&E's fault.
Is the situation any different in the LA area, where Los Angelas Water and
Power is city-owned, and they own a big chunk of their own hydro capacity
(or were they forced to divest that)>
Miles Fidelman
**************************************************************************
The Center for Civic Networking PO Box 600618
Miles R. Fidelman, President & Newtonville, MA 02460-0006
Director, Municipal Telecommunications
Strategies Program 617-558-3698 fax: 617-630-8946
mfidelman@civicnet.org http://civic.net/ccn.html
Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century
Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere
Say It Often, Say It Loud: "I Want My Internet!"
**************************************************************************
