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Office of Governor Gary Locke
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 15, 2000
Contact:  Governor's Communications Office, 360-902-4136

Gov. Locke's statement on FERC decision

"FERC's order today is at best incomplete, at worst ineffective. While it falls short of providing California consumers immediate relief they need from soaring energy prices, it ignores altogether that consumers and businesses in the Pacific Northwest are also being harmed. I am disappointed that FERC failed to act.

"The Commission's continued faith in allegedly competitive markets - despite clear evidence that those markets are failing - doesn't make sense.

"I will meet next week with other western governors and federal policy makers to discuss what actions we must now take."

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