In the summer of 2001 much of California faces blackouts of several hours per day with no electricity, while the price of electricity soars. During the past ten years, the government of California has strictly prohibited the production of large new power plants to generate more electricity, and also imposed price controls, creating a severe shortage that will soon plunge California into a depression more horrible than that of the 1930s. Just as the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s created a vast underground market for liquor, and the prohibition of drugs creates huge profit opportunities for an illegal market, so too is the ban on producing electricity, and the high prices, creating a tremendous underground market for electricity. Much of this has so far gone unreported, but I have uncovered the shocking facts.
Many businesses face a huge loss of business and high costs when the electricity gets shut off.
Many have been secretly building underground electricity generators. Many shopping centers and industrial parks have installed microturbines to provide power for them when the electricity is shut off. Since they are unable to obtain permits for this construction, they have done it secretly. Many people have also installed small generators in their basements and garages. Many are illegally obtaining electricity from their generators instead of the electrical grid, to avoid being a victim of a blackout.