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Thursday, September 7, 2000 | Print this story
		
Enron Chief Says Out-of-State Utilities Slowing Power Flow 

From Bloomberg News

;;;;;The president of Enron Corp.  said Wednesday that utilities outside 
California are not allowing power to move freely into the state, aggravating 
a shortage that has sent electricity prices soaring in the Golden State this 
summer. 
;;;;;The Internet and computer-based growth in the U.S.  economy are pushing 
power demand far beyond forecasts, Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling told 
reporters in Washington.  Partly because of the lengthy time it takes state 
and local officials to grant approval for new power plants, California has 
insufficient generating capacity to meet the 12% increase in peak electrical 
demand it experienced from 1996 through 1999, he said. 
;;;;;(In Sacramento Wednesday, Gov.  Gray Davis signed a bill to hasten 
construction of new plants.) 
;;;;;Utilities that own the transmission lines outside California are trying 
to preserve monopolies by hindering national electricity sellers such as 
Houston-based Enron, the world's largest energy trader, from moving power 
into the state, Skilling said. 
;;;;;The nation's transmission system is like an interstate highway system 
"with barriers every 20 miles," he said, and the utilities that own the 
transmission system "make it hard to access the highway." 
;;;;;Matt Morey, spokesman for an organization that represents investor-owned 
utilities that produce three-quarters of U.S.  electricity, said California 
prices rose for a lot of reasons and that transmission constraints were not 
more important than other factors. 
;;;;;"There are occasionally some transmission constraints in the California 
market that might impede the flow of power," said Morey, of the Edison 
Electric Institute.  "I can't say that's why prices rose to the levels they 
did." 
;;;;;Wholesale electricity prices have surged to as much as 10 times last 
year's average during hot weather in California this summer as a result of 
tight supplies and growing demand. 

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