Thursday, July 01, 2004

Next up for Governor: Energy Fixes

Governor Schwarzenegger takes one big issue at a time. Cut the Car Tax. Fix the holdover debt from Gray Davis. Fix Worker's Compensation. Pass a State Budget.

After passing a Budget for FY 2004-05, Schearzenegger has said he will set his sights on fixing the Energy situation in the State. See, after the blackouts of 2001, Governor Davis adopted temporary fixes. Since then, relatively little power has come on-line. Electric transmission bottlenecks remain. The State still does not have a reliable and steady way to import natural gas.

The Governor was going to focus his laserlike attention on these issues once the budget passed. Unfortunately, that has been delayed.

In starting this blog, my goal is to bring some sense to the debate--whenever it happens--and sort through the myriad issues we face in powering California's economy.