Good to have the historical or is it the hysterical record to review!
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It was obvious the state's market was in trouble, but the commission had little use for how California had responded -- especially the Legislature's propping up of the Power Exchange even after it had created so many problems.
And commissioners resented being told to clean up the mess.
"The blanket indictment, that 'it's a federal problem' and 'it's your problem to fix, so fix it' -- that was being unrealistic," said then-FERC Chairman James Hoecker. "They were spending most of their time demonizing the FERC."
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The Davis 'MO', 'it's not our fault'