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>>YIKES! I really feel for you guys. It's not a good situation to be in. They keep talking about power problems here this summer, but if there are any, it won't even be close to what you're having.
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>The New York State power folks, at least in the Buffalo area, are running commercials about potential power shortage there too.
>I'm convinced that this is simply preparation for a money-grab, now that the California providers have shown the way and it works so marvellously. Those guys are now rich beyond belief.


They already are. PacifiCorp, the parent company to Utah Power had something like a billion dollars in profit last year... and still petitioned the state government for a rate hike.