02360oam 2200553 450 991071601280332120210603101206.0(CKB)5470000002517981(OCoLC)50902045(OCoLC)942116931(EXLCZ)99547000000251798120021030d2001 ua 0enguran||||a||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCauses and lessons of the California electricity crisis /[written by Richard Farmer, Dennis Zimmerman, and Gail Cohen][Washington, D.C.] :Congress of the United States, OfficeCongressional Budget Office,2001.1 online resource (xii, 33 pages) illustrationsA CBO paper"September 2001.""Richard Farmer of CBO's Microeconomic and Financial Studies Division and Dennis Zimmerman of the Tax Analysis Division, along with Gail Cohen, formerly of CBO, wrote the paper" --Preface.Includes bibliographical references.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 energy market. It also examines some of the elements of the state's restructuring plan that turned that stress into a crisis.BrownoutsPreventionElectric power failuresCaliforniaElectric utilitiesDeregulationCaliforniaElectric utilitiesRatesCaliforniaBrownoutsPrevention.Electric power failuresElectric utilitiesDeregulationElectric utilitiesRatesFarmer Richard D.202454Cohen GailZimmerman DennisUnited States.Congressional Budget Office.JJGJJGOCLCQOCLCOOCLCQOCLCAOCLCFCDSGPOBOOK9910716012803321Causes and lessons of the California electricity crisis3526841UNINA