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West Coast Energy Crisis:
Summary and Update

July 17, 2000


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Table of Contents

Slide #Slide Caption
1Seattle City Light -- Introduction
2A Deregulation Skeptic
3West Coast Deregulation Has Struck Out
4The Western Grid
5Firm Loads and Resources
6Northwest and California Prices in Lockstep
7Seattle City Light Detail
8Seattle City Light Rates
9Seattle City Light Sources and Uses
10Mid-Columbia Monthly On-Peak Prices
11San Diego Customers Take a Big Hit
12Weather Channel Glitch
13California Goes to Rolling Blackouts
14The Drought Kicks In
15BPA Water Conditions, Runoff at The Dalles
16Duke Energy Charges $3880/MWH in California
17A Little Too Greedy
18And If You Think That's Greedy ...
19Collateral Damage
20What Did We Do? Curtailment
21What Did We Do? 3 Year Plan for Financial Recovery
22What Did We Do? Residential Bill Impacts
23Why Did This Happen?
24"Genius of the Marketplace"
25How It Really Worked
26Energy Available, Even In Blackouts
27Lots of Generation Offline
28And That's Not All
29"Don’t Try This In Your State"
30Where Do We Stand Now?
31June 19 FERC Order
32Lessons Learned
 
Last update: 7/17/01

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