[33660] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Second day of rolling blackouts starts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mdevney@teamsphere.com)
Thu Jan 18 19:17:23 2001
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:11:03 -0800 (PST)
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To: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: "'Sean Donelan'" <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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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.
>
Also note that:
Half of these generators used to be owned and operated by PG&E; they were
spun off quickly after deregulation in an effort to boost profits. Had I
been out of diapers at the time, I would have seen this day coming back
then.
Root cause, then: PG&E can't get us electricity because they decided
profit was more important than assured service.
As usual, I blame capitalism. (Yes I am a pinko.)
Matthew Devney
Teamsphere Interactive
