First Costly Winter States shift gears to react to price spikes. New attention to energy issues.
Regional cooperation emerges.
It seems like a century since the last energy crisis. Suddenly in the winter of 2000 - 2001, a tangle of events conspired to send prices for natural gas, heating oil, petroleum, and electricity skyrocketing at once. And California s electricity supply crisis is sending shock waves to power consumers throughout the West. Regional Cooperation Just as the details of this latest energy crisis differ across the country, state responses vary in different regions. DOE is also involved with governors in the Northwest, which is experiencing spillover from California s electricity-supply crisis.