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Library Research Guide: Energy Issues

California Energy Crisis and Deregulation  |  Enron Scandal  |  Energy Alternatives
Nuclear Energy  | Energy Web Directories and Databases  |  Books at Chabot Library

This library research guide is put together to supplement the issues that will be presented by T.U.R.N. (The Utility Reform Network) on the criticisms of deregulation and the aftermath of California's Energy crisis which will take place at the Little Theatre, Twelve Noon on March 12.

California Energy Crisis and Deregulation

  • California Energy Crisis Links

    •         http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/dn01/dn01gen.html#calif
    Links to sites regarding the Energy Crisis that affected California from 2000-2001
     
  • CNN.Com In-Depth Specials: Power Crisis

    •         http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/power.crisis/
     
  • PBS Frontline's Blackout: What Caused the Power Crisis in California?  And Who's Profiting?

    •         http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/blackout/
     
  • Los Angeles Times: California Energy Crisis

    •         http://www.latimes.com/business/local/power/
     
  • San Francisco Chronicle: California Energy Crisis

    •         http://www.sfgate.com/energy/
     
  • California's Electricity System Status

    •         http://energycrisis.lbl.gov/
     
  • California ISO

    •         http://www.caiso.com/
     
  • Status of the California Electricity Situation

    •         http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/california/california.html 
     
  • Public Citizen's Deregulation Index

    •         http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/deregulation/#108
    Public Citizen is a consumer watchdog group founded by Ralph Nader.  For the more "left wing" point of view.
     
  • Reason Public Policy Institute's California's Electricity Crisis

    •         http://www.rppi.org/electricity/index.html
    For a more "right wing" economic point of view-- non-partisan (but more like libertarian organization and taking a pro-market standpoint,  the Reason Public Policy Institute argues that California's Electricity Crisis is not caused by deregulation.
    Enron Scandal
    Get background and news from the following sources:
  • Government Documents in the News

    •         http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/dn02/dn02crim.html#enron
     
  • FindLaw Investigations

    •         http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/enron/index.html
     
  • Houston Chronicle

    •         http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/01/enron/index.html
     
  • New York Times

    •         http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/business/_ENRON-PRIMER.html
     
  • Washington Post

    •         http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/energy/enron/
     
  • Less Than Zero: Enron's Income Tax Payments, 1996-2000

    •         http://www.ctj.org/html/enron.htm
     
  • Open Secrets: Enron and Andersen

    •         http://www.opensecrets.org/news/enron/index.asp
    From Opensecrets.org, the renowned website that provides campaign finance information, gives you information as to who has received campaign contributions from either Enron or Andersen.  The links on the menu on the left will lead you to lists of elected officials and amounts, as well as articles.
     
  • U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce

    •         http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/keywords/Enron.htm
    Alternative Energy
  • I Got the Power: Alternative Energy Resources on the Web

    •         http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/may01/mcdermott.htm
     
  • Internet Public Library: Energy Resources

    •         http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/sci14.00.00.html
     
  • Renewable Energy

    •         http://environment.about.com/cs/renewableenergy1/
     
  • Renewable Resource Data Center

    •         http://rredc.nrel.gov/
     
  • Alternative Energy Inventors and Inventions

    •         http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blalternative_energy.htm
     
  • Renewable Energy Policy Project

    •         http://www.crest.org/repp/
     
     
     

    Last Updated: 03/05/02