[snopercod]

"There's no advantage for us in joining a regional (transmission grid)," [Davis] said.

Gee, that's funny. Last April 30th, Davis told FERC that the Cal-ISP was an RTO.

On April 25, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also established in 1935, made a decision that echoed the centralizing philosophy of the Senate. FERC agreed to impose modest wholesale price caps on electricity sold in California this summer, but only if California submitted a proposal by June 1 to join a new 8-state regional transmission operator (RTO).

[Robert357]

Man, you are one of the first ones to count mistatements. Actually, Davis really doesn't want control of the transmission system to move from Sacramento to WA DC. He has bullied power companies and generation companies something fierce. FERC has decided that Cal will join a multi-state RTO and when it does, if Davis doesn't change his ways, he will be interferrig with interstate commerce, which can be both a criminal (i.e jail time) and civil (damages for gov agencies and trebble damages for private companies) problem. I think Davis knows how little control he will have once power becomes an interstate commerce issue.