We should also shut down the printing presses that stuff my mailbox with unwanted junk mail. Higher prices, because they are painful, do more to inform Californians about the seriousness of the power crisis than all of the windy proclamations of Gov. Gray Davis and high-toned newspaper editors combined. Our politicians don't need price caps. Let free prices do their work. If they go up for now, it's an incentive.
Power users conserve.
Power suppliers build more plants. With enough supply, prices drop. You will not be charged to look for stories, only to retrieve one.