Wonder if the power grid was mentioned at Cheneys secret energy meetings?

[NNN0LHI]

Inquiring minds want to know. I think it may be time for the Dems to begin asking this question in earnest.

Don

[kentuck]

1. Good question Don.

I'll bet it was...in the context of energy deregulation.

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2. Gee, isn't that an interesting question . . .

Now might be a good time to put it in the ears (or at least the emails) of a few news correspondents. They might just be inclined to get an answer right now.

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3. Amen1234 posted this in LBN:

After deregulation in the late 1990's, there was a burst of interest from many power companies in building new plants, but the collapse of Enron and the markets it had pioneered dried up much of the capital for such investments, and the recession curbed demand slightly.

During the California blackouts of 2001, several members of Congress proposed spending $350 million to improve the nation's transmission system, but the measure was opposed by the Bush administration and was voted down by Congressional Republicans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/nyregion/15GRID.html?hp