Working on this new server in php7...
imc indymedia

Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

white themeblack themered themetheme help
About Us Contact Us Calendar Publish RSS
Features
latest news
best of news
syndication
commentary


KILLRADIO

VozMob

ABCF LA

A-Infos Radio

Indymedia On Air

Dope-X-Resistance-LA List

LAAMN List




IMC Network:

Original Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: ambazonia canarias estrecho / madiaq kenya nigeria south africa canada: hamilton london, ontario maritimes montreal ontario ottawa quebec thunder bay vancouver victoria windsor winnipeg east asia: burma jakarta japan korea manila qc europe: abruzzo alacant andorra antwerpen armenia athens austria barcelona belarus belgium belgrade bristol brussels bulgaria calabria croatia cyprus emilia-romagna estrecho / madiaq euskal herria galiza germany grenoble hungary ireland istanbul italy la plana liege liguria lille linksunten lombardia london madrid malta marseille nantes napoli netherlands nice northern england norway oost-vlaanderen paris/Île-de-france patras piemonte poland portugal roma romania russia saint-petersburg scotland sverige switzerland thessaloniki torun toscana toulouse ukraine united kingdom valencia latin america: argentina bolivia chiapas chile chile sur cmi brasil colombia ecuador mexico peru puerto rico qollasuyu rosario santiago tijuana uruguay valparaiso venezuela venezuela oceania: adelaide aotearoa brisbane burma darwin jakarta manila melbourne perth qc sydney south asia: india mumbai united states: arizona arkansas asheville atlanta austin baltimore big muddy binghamton boston buffalo charlottesville chicago cleveland colorado columbus dc hawaii houston hudson mohawk kansas city la madison maine miami michigan milwaukee minneapolis/st. paul new hampshire new jersey new mexico new orleans north carolina north texas nyc oklahoma philadelphia pittsburgh portland richmond rochester rogue valley saint louis san diego san francisco san francisco bay area santa barbara santa cruz, ca sarasota seattle tampa bay tennessee urbana-champaign vermont western mass worcester west asia: armenia beirut israel palestine process: fbi/legal updates mailing lists process & imc docs tech volunteer projects: print radio satellite tv video regions: oceania united states topics: biotech

Surviving Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: canada: quebec east asia: japan europe: athens barcelona belgium bristol brussels cyprus germany grenoble ireland istanbul lille linksunten nantes netherlands norway portugal united kingdom latin america: argentina cmi brasil rosario oceania: aotearoa united states: austin big muddy binghamton boston chicago columbus la michigan nyc portland rochester saint louis san diego san francisco bay area santa cruz, ca tennessee urbana-champaign worcester west asia: palestine process: fbi/legal updates process & imc docs projects: radio satellite tv
printable version - js reader version - view hidden posts - tags and related articles

Comments to CPUC on electric rate increases

by Guy Berliner Thursday, Jun. 14, 2001 at 5:09 AM

California Public Utiities Commission is taking public comments on proposed electric rate increases. This letter suggests a cost-shifting approach to address the "crisis."



You too can send in comments via email or the mailing

address below. Here's mine:

Public Advisor

California Public Utilities Commission

320 West 4th Street, Ste 500

Los Angeles, CA 90013

public.advisor.la@cpuc.ca.gov

To whom it may concern:

Please accept the following submission for purposes of

public comment on the proposed rate increases sought by

the Department of Water Resources. These comments also

address other rate increases intended to cope with the

current "power crisis."

I recommend that, to the maximum extent possible, all

required rate increases to address the utilities insolvency

and power shortfall "crises" be borne by US federal

facilities stationed in California. The reasons for cost

shifting in this way are as follows:

Recent FERC findings indicate clearly that the

unprecedented price increases in wholesale electricity

markets point to illegal market manipulations. Despite

this, and the FERC's legal mission to ensure that rates

are "fair and reasonable," the FERC refuses to impose any

discipline on these rates. The FERC, under direction from

the new Administration in Washington, has made a political

decision not to enforce the law.

Grave doubts have been cast on the legitimacy of the newly

installed, unelected, court-appointed federal regime now

in power. Exposes by journalist Gregory Palast of the BBC

indicate that confederates of the current head-of-state

conspired to illegally remove thousands of names of

eligible voters in Florida on false pretenses. Given the

crisis of legitimacy posed by the current federal regime,

the people of the State of California cannot eliminate

the possibility that FERC's decision to refrain from

imposing any price controls on the wildly inflated

wholesale energy prices was politically motivated out

of retribution by the current regime for having lost the

election in California by a wide margin. Coincidentally

(?), the principal beneficiaries of the "crisis" have been

close friends and associates of the current head-of-state

from his home state of Texas who direct the power cartels

charging these inflated rates.

Thus, it is only fitting that, so long as the regime in

Washington refuses to consider any measures to relieve the

power "crisis" in California, in contravention of the legal

mission of FERC, and so long as grave doubts persist about

the legality of the entire US regime's ascent to power, that the

state mandate that federal facilities bear the full brunt of the

burden being recklessly imposed on her citizens.

Thank you for considering these recommendations.

Sincerely,

Guy Berliner
Report this post as:

LATEST COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE
Listed below are the 10 latest comments of 1 posted about this article.
These comments are anonymously submitted by the website visitors.
TITLE AUTHOR DATE
© 2000-2018 Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Running sf-active v0.9.4 Disclaimer | Privacy