Reply #16: Remember the California "Energy Crisis"? [View All]

[Bridget Burke]

Of course, it was a fake crisis engineered by crooks. But Los Angeles suffered no blackouts.

Why is Los Angeles an island of tranquillity in the electric-power crisis that has rocked California and threatens to spread across the nation?

News stories have repeatedly told us that the city's ownership and operation of its own generating stations is the principal reason. By staying clear of the state's 1996 deregulation scheme for private utilities, the Department of Water and Power was able to hold onto its power plants.

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