<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Oil and "conspiracy theories" CA energy scam</title></head><body> <div><font size="-4" color="#000000"><b>and this one:</b></font></div> <div><font size="-4" color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div> <div><font size="-4" color="#000000"><b>The Nation; Energy Dealings Ruled Illegal; Regulation: El Paso Corp. created an artificial natural gas shortage in California, a judge says. Finding could bolster case for refunds.</b><br> <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>; Los Angeles, Calif.; Sep 24, 2002; RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and NANCY VOGEL;<br> <br> <font face="Arial"><b>Words in Document:</b> 1279<br> <b>Available Formats:</b><br>    </font></font><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#00497A">  Buy Full Text</font><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000"><br> <b>Abstract:</b></font><font size="-4" color="#000000"><i><br> El Paso Corp. used a variety of strategies in 2000-01 to withhold an average of at least 345 million cubic feet of natural gas a day from California customers, creating an artificial shortage that drove up prices, concluded Judge Curtis L. Wagner Jr. of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Among the maneuvers, he said: El Paso failed to use 21% of the ...<br> </i><font face="Arial"></font></font></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Marta Russell<br> Los Angeles, CA<br> http://www.disweb.org</div> </body> </html>