1st Edition
How the California Electricity Crisis Generated a Green Wave An Insider's Account
Introduction
1. Prosperity Fades into a Power Crisis
2. The “Deregulation” That Paved the Way to Disaster
3. The State Takes Over as the Market Implodes
4. Going It Alone: California Gets a Cold Shoulder from the White House and the FERC
5. Cleaning Up and Looking Ahead: The Renewable Energy “Hedge” Takes Shape
6. Davis’s Demise and Arnold’s Rise: Schwarzenegger Touts Deregulation and Green Energy
7. The Global Warming Solutions Act Puts a Capstone on a Tumultuous Ten-Year Transformation
8. The End of a Foundational Decade and the Beginning of a Challenging Path Forward
Appendix: List of Interviews by the Author and Oral Histories
Biography
Kurt Schuparra was Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of California Governor Gray Davis and later served as his Deputy Secretary for Policy at the state Environmental Protection Agency. In 2004 he worked in the state legislature as a policy consultant and in 2007 became a government affairs advisor in the private sector.
