Here's an attempt at being frank about the legislation without jeopardizing  our relationships or commercial prospects.
Overall, we respect the effort, but California failed to get the ball over  the goal line:  On Siting Intentionally or not, California has designed power plant siting laws that  make it excruciatingly difficult to construct power plants in the state.
Folks seem to have lost sight of the need to balance growth and environmental  quality in California.
That's why nothing's been built in the state for a decade and developers are  going outside the state to build power plants.
Tinkering around the edges won't help; and (with all due respect) the  legislation passed yesterday tinkers.
Real reform is required if California hopes to build the supply necessary to  keep pace with Silicon Valley and a high tech culture and tame the price  spikes.
If developers continue to have to navigate through a maze of a half a  dozen--or more--state and local agencies, California's supply problems will

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