[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.

[snopercod]

In split vote, FERC orders complex mitigation scheme for California

Implementation of the ["mitigation"] plan [e.g. "price caps] would be halted if California Independent System Operator Corp. and the state's three largest investor-owned utilities fail to submit a regional transmission organization plan by June 1 [2001]. The mitigation plan also contains a sunset provision to put California "on notice that they need to work right now" to improve supply and delivery, said Chairman Curt Hebert Jr.

The plan follows a series of actions by FERC to address the problem, including the Dec. 15 power market remedies order, an order aimed at increasing supply in the West and speedy approval of an emergency expansion by Kern River Gas Transmission Co. to serve California, Hebert noted.

"This commission cannot help you, if you will not help yourself. File an RTO [plan]. We hear your arguments that it's a natural market, that it's a regional problem," Hebert exhorted the state. FERC's mitigation plan "obligates" Cal-ISO and the utilities to "undertake real reform to promote a regional solution," Hebert insisted.