TALKING POINTS ON CALIF BUILDING NEW POWER PLANTS

Jeff --

Here are my thoughts. Add / delete any

The state has properly identified (finally) the fundamental problem in
California - the shortage of supply in a market with growing demand.
Recognizing the core problem is at least half of the battle.
But rather than remove the current roadblocks to increased generation and
transmission investment, California appears to be choosing to own and operate
generation and transmission.
The best solution is to have the state allow private companies to site new
generation.
Given government's other large scale participation into public power - TVA,
BPA, NYPA - it is highly unlikely that trying to set up a state agency to do
something that private capital is willing and able to do is rational or in
the public interest.
Issuing debt costs consumers money and takes away capital from other
important issues - new roads and new schools.
We would be willing to work with the Legislature to help craft a bill that
gets more supply in California quickly, efficiently, and in an
environmentally sound manner, but this draft only creates more bureaucracy.