Calif. Gov. Vetoes Long-Term Energy Planning Bill

[Rose Siding]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Saturday vetoed a bill requiring electric utilities to develop long-range plans for meeting energy needs, a requirement backers said would ease the spike-and-drop pattern of California energy supply.

"The bill creates a redundant and burdensome energy procurement process that would steer the state back toward monopoly utilities without some of the consumer protections necessary to protect ratepayers," Schwarzenegger said in a statement.

The proposed "Reliable Electric Service Act of 2004" would have allowed utilities to recover from ratepayers some of the investment costs for building new generating capacity, if approved by the state's utility commission.

The California lawmaker who introduced the bill, Democratic Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez, had maintained it would protect consumers from sudden spikes in prices, which they have experienced in several recent years.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6332869&src=rss/ElectionCoverage§ion=news

[w4rma]

1. The Enron governor. He stopped the lawsuits against Enron, also. (nt)

[ecoalex]

2. Swartengroper

wants more deregulation, more of the scams . He was sat in on a meeting between the energy marketeers, and how they were scamming the deregulated market. He is a corporate head, anti enviornment , pro consolidation big capitol and he has no clue. But the sad truth is that many voted for a personna, and the pyranahs are back in Sacramento.The racist Wilson ,and the anti farm worker , labor , and forget the lil people, and have corporate welfare , Swartenegger don't have the people in mind .

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. Gropenfuhrer is just taking a page from the playbook of his "idol".

Adolf.

:puke:

:grr:

[yorgatron]

4. well of COURSE he did

that's why we had the overhrow of Davis :mad:

[Carolab]

5. Another actor

"The bill creates a redundant and burdensome energy procurement process that would steer the state back toward monopoly utilities without some of the consumer protections necessary to protect ratepayers," Schwarzenegger said in a statement.

Ask him to explain it. Bet he can't. Just reading from the script, like Dumbya. And, rhetoric like this is just too confusing for the brainwashed masses to decipher...

Of course, it has one of those "framed" titles "Reliable"--whereas it is the exact opposite--UNreliable rates.

OUR WHOLE COUNTRY'S "GOVERNMENT" CONSISTS OF ONE BIG BAD SCRIPT BEING READ OFF BY A BUNCH OF GREEDY PUPPETS.

[Jade Fox]

11. Really, like he even knows what the word 'redundant' means....

My first thought was that he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[Arianrhod]

6. California has no governor. n/t

[Andromeda]

7. Californias have to fight this...

What Schwarzenegger wants is to privatize the energy companies. The Rethugs want to privatize just about everything. They want to put more money in the pockets of big business without any protections for the consumers.

This musclebound Neanderthal has all kinds of plans for California.

Lets hope he has a harder time being legitimately re-elected than he had in muscling his way into the Governership with the help of Daryl Issa who funded the recall.

http://www.moderateindependent.com/v1i12puppet.htm

[ixion]

8. necessary to protect ratepayers...

uh huh...yeah, poor California ratepayers have been taken to the cleaners by your buddy Kenny Boy. I find gropenator's concern for the ratepayer contrived.

[robbedvoter]

9. The tanning salons and sex with corpses were solved, enough work!

I heard yesterday, he just signed a bill restricting tanning salons use by teens - my first thought was: what was he NOT signing?
makes sense.

[natrat]

10. his approval rating

unfortunately is in the mid 60s i think. I voted for gary coleman because i thought it was funny.not so funny now

[leesa]

12. Way to go. The GOP owns the media here and they spin everything

he does as though it's a good thing for us. Most Californians are obsessed with their own lives, work, play, etc and don't pay a bit of attention.

[Mr E McSquare]

13. Voted for Gary Coleman? Wud you talkin bout willis?

and you wonder why you guys are the laughing stock of the country.
Pretty funny huh?

[progressivebydesign]

14. Anyone remember the Linda Lovelace for President campaign?

Decades ago? She was a porn star. When I think of Arnold, I don't take him any more seriously than Lovelace... what has he done, exactly, that could qualify him for running California? He posed nude, he attended sex parties, he bragged about his sexual adventures, he was a steroid head, he was a body builder, then he was a really... really bad actor. Now HE'S deciding energy policy for California, and I'm supposed to buy that he knows what he's talking about?

He met with the Enron people LONG before the recall.. this was a setup, as it usually is with the GOP. The party of dirty tricks.