this situation wouldn t have happened in the first place if california didn t have economically insane regulations they created a regulatory climate that facilitated this so yes it is the product of over regulation james rogers jamesr URL on tue NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER at NUMBER NUMBER geege schuman wrote from slate s today s papers the new york times and los angeles times both lead with word that a federal judge ruled yesterday that the nation s largest national gas pipeline company el paso illegally withheld gas from the market during california s energy squeeze in NUMBER NUMBER the judge concluded that el paso left NUMBER percent of its capacity in the state off line thus driving up the price of gas and helping to induce rolling blackouts and this is the product of overregulation 