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On the recordApril 19, 2010
the cause of these brownouts and the extra charges to the State of California was not caused by regulation, but was caused by companies like Enron ripping Granny off?
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken argues that the issues in California were due to corporate exploitation, not regulation.

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