Rachel Maddow just informed Ca. residents that we were duped by the Gas Companies for

[Buddyblazon]

32. PG&E got busted for this in the early '00's for doing the same thing...

in California. It was right after the voters decided to privatize the energy market in their state. PG&E all of a sudden had their "maintenance" on substations go up 300%. They were basically creating a false shortage to drive up prices.

The only reason I was lucky was I was in L.A. Proper...and (for some reason...I think it was L.A. that still voted against it) wasn't affected. But L.A. was the only part of California that wasn't affected. My coworkers that lived in Hormosa or Manhattan Beach or the Valley got absolutely crushed when their energy prices tripled for months and months until PG&E got in trouble. Their was even a recording of some of their employees joking how they were "screwing grandma" and laughing about it.


I can't believe they fell for this again. It's barely been a decade since it happened last time. People have teeny tiny short memories.