Internet radio report on energy crunch

[Bob Hoffmann <escape@alt-escape.com>]

Local radio reporter Leigh Robartes has a segment on today's Free Speech 
Radio News, which is available for listening online as MP3 and RealAudio at 
http://www.savepacifica.net/strike/news/20010112_news.html.  A summary of 
Robartes' news story:

WESTERN POWER CRISIS SPREADS NORTH
      While Californians deal with skyrocketing electricity prices, the 
Northwest
      has been going through a power crisis of its own. Failure of generating
      capacity to keep up with increased demand in the region, along with a 
dry
      autumn and low winter snowpack, has left residents looking at higher 
power
      bills as well. And as California looks hungrily toward the Northwest's
      traditionally cheaper power, the dynamics of the region's power 
marketing
      are in flux.

The Free Speech Radio News program would normally be heard locally on KZUU 
90.7, but the station is off the air this week.