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Causes and lessons of the California electricity crisis /

This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper looks at California's attempt to restructure its electric utility industry and at the crisis in the state's electricity market that began in 2000. The paper focuses on the various conditions in western states that put stress on California's...

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Main Authors:	Farmer, Richard D. (Author), Cohen, Gail (Author), Zimmerman, Dennis (Author)
Corporate Author:	United States. Congressional Budget Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the United States, OfficeCongressional Budget Office, 2001.
Series:	CBO papers.
Subjects:	Brownouts > Prevention. Electric power failures > California. Electric utilities > Deregulation > California. Electric utilities > Rates > California.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo156192

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