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California / Energy Crisis / Blackouts / Power Plants #397240

CBS Evening News for Tuesday, Mar 20, 2001
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.

(Los Angeles: Sandra Hughes) Rolling blackouts across California reported; scenes shown from Marin County, California, of the rescue of two people from a stuck elevator. [Representative Christopher COX - says California had a third-world experience.] [San Francisco news ANCHOR - talks about doing the news show by flashlight.] [Independent system operator spokesman Patrick DORINSON - comments.] [MidAmerican Energy Chairman David SOKOL - says the energy situation is unfair to his employees.] [Representative Jennifer DUNN - says having to share power with California is unfair.]

(Studio: John Roberts) Warnings that the entire country could face power shortages reported.

(Chicago: Cynthia Bowers) Efforts to build more power plants and problems faced in the process reported. [University of California at Berkeley Tim DUANE - says nobody wants a power plant built nearby, but everybody wants the power.] [WOMAN - speaks out against a new Michigan power plant.] [Power plant opponent Nelson SLAVIK - says companies are exploiting southwest Michigan.] [Indek senior vice president Jim THOMPSON - says people think they can have something for nothing.]

Reporter(s):
Bowers, Cynthia;
Hughes, Sandra;
Roberts, John
Duration:
00:04:30

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