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phone company and
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The California Electricity Crisis:
A Good Example of How Not to Deregulate
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This evolution in electricity markets led to a wave of deregulation in the
1990s. In the United States, most of these changes were made at the state and
local levels, with varying degrees of success.Many of the success stories have
been in the northeastern states, especially in Massachusetts, New York, and
Pennsylvania. But the most spectacular failure was in California, where a
combination of flawed deregulation and
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in 2000 and
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Mr. LINDBERGH. Oh, no ; it is not.
Mr. FOSTER. They are not speculators ?
Mr. LINDBERGH. No ; they are not speculators in the sense of bonding stocks.
Mr. LENROOT. Do you think, Mr. Lindbergh, there is any substantial percentage of loans made by banks on speculators’ paper ?
Mr. LINDBERGH. Yes ; there is.
Mr. LENROOT. I mean made direct by the banks ?
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Mr. LENROOT. Through its raising value ?
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Mr. WILSON. Then you would consider a man trying to corner the wheat market a speculator ?
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Mr. LENROOT. Most anybody would.
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Mr. LINDBERGH. Most of those people put up collateral.
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