At 06:01 PM 7/4/01 -0700, Tom Handley wrote:
>    Heinz, as far as "subsidized", Chris and John summed things up. Here in
>the Northwest, it also costs BPA a `fortune' to buy power from other sources
>in addition to the cost of building new plants. Normally we have a `wealth'
>of hydro-electric power but we've had the worst drought in recorded history.
>Then there is California `clawing' at our Southern border for more of our
>power ;-)

I used to live in Dutch Flat CA, which among other attractions, has a nice
river, and it's own hydro plant :)  One winter, the main lines were down
for a week, and we didn't even notice.
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