POWER CRISIS ON THE WEST COAST Some of the companies providing Independant power to California markets are huge.cTake AES Corporation. This is a Global Company, the largest power company in the world. They also have plants in third world countries. They are involved in some of the highest power rates. They operate four gas fired plants in California. http://www.aesc.com/businesses/group_index.cfm?groupID=12 Here's a complete list of Independant California Utility Participants, including among them the price gougers and sharks. Notice how big they are and notice how many are off-shore. http://www.calpx.com/news/index_calpxparticipants.html CalPX Participants List ( August 7, 2000 ) American Electric Power Service Corporation AES Placerita, Inc. APS Energy Services Company, Inc. Aquila Power Corporation Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Arizona Public Service Company Automated Power Exchange Avista Energy, Inc. Bonneville Power Administration British Columbia Power Exchange Corporation California Department of Water Resources California Polar Power Brokers Cargill-Alliant, LLC Citizens Power Sales City of Anaheim City of Riverside City of Seattle, City Light Department City of Vernon Constellation Power Source Comision Federal de Electricidad Coral Power, L.L.C. Duke Energy Trading & Marketing, LLC Dynegy Marketing and Trade Edison Mission Marketing & Trading, Inc. Edison Source El Paso Power Services Company Enron Energy Services, Inc. Enron Power Marketing, Inc. FPL Energy Power Marketing, Inc. . Hafslund Energy Trading, LLC Idaho Power Company Illinova Energy Partners, Inc. Koch Energy Trading, Inc. LG&E Energy Marketing, Inc. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Martinez Refining Company Merchant Energy Group of the Americas, Inc. Merrill Lynch Capital Services Midway Sunset Cogeneration Company MIECO, Inc. Modesto Irrigation District Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc Nevada Power Company NewEnergy, Inc. Northern California Power Agency PacifiCorp PacifiCorp Power Marketing, Inc. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.-Demand>br? Pacific Gas & Electric Co.-Grid Cust Svcs/SC Pacific Gas & Electric Co.-Supply PECO Energy Services PG&E Energy Services Corporation PG&E Energy Trading-Power Portland General Electric Company Power Resource Managers, L.L.C. PP&L Montana, L.L.C. Public Service Company of New Mexico Reliant Energy Services, Inc. Sacramento Municipal Utility District Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District San Diego Gas & Electric - Demand San Diego Gas & Electric - Supply Sempra Energy Trading Corporation (AIG Trading Group) Sierra Pacific Power Company Silicon Valley Power Southern California Edison-Demand Southern California Edison-Sched Coord Southern California Edison-Supply Southern Company Energy Marketing, L.P. Statoil Energy Trading, Inc. Strategic Energy, L.L.C. Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners I TransAlta Energy Marketing (California) Inc. Tucson Electric Power Company TXU Energy Trading Company Western Area Power Admin-Sierra Nevada Reg. Western Area Power Admin-Colorado River Storage Project Williams Energy Services Company