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Cultural, religious, student and labor groups were on hand, as were stragglers who had just come to see what they hoped would be the latest installment of the People Power show. D.J. Pete Cabaddu, 33, flew back right after high-school graduation in Houston to experience the original People Power. He was thrilled to have a chance to relive history. "We've done it before, we can do it again," he promised. "We don't like the President and we can kick him out. We're ready for a new President, and if the next one is like...
...California dismantled its private power-generating industry without securing adequate power supplies. The Big Three utilities, which in addition to PG&E and SCE include San Diego Gas & Electric, sold off plants to outsiders like Duke Energy of Charlotte, N.C., and Reliant Energy of Houston and became middlemen. But the state wouldn't allow these new intermediaries to enter long-term purchasing agreements for fear they would be locked into fixed-price contracts as prices dropped. Their purchases had to be made on the so-called spot--or cash--market, and prices were low at the time...
...Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal was reporting widespread criticisms of the auction by its participants. Steve Bergstrom, president of Houston utility Dynegy, described the state's bid request as "price, volume, term. It doesn't allow much creativity," he said. "But I don't guess there's anyone at the state who would understand anything much more complicated than that...
Long ago, the league announced that it would split into eight four-team divisions with Houston guaranteed a spot in the AFC, forcing somebody else to move out. Naturally, the team to move must have nothing to lose by switching conferences--in other words, a team that is flat out worthless to begin with, much like the Milwaukee Brewers when they switched leagues in baseball...
...South--Jacksonville, Miami, Houston, Tennessee...