Most of the data has been culled from Los Angeles Times articles from 2001, and the California Energy Commission web sites. This page is mainly for energy supply and usage data and for conservation, but does not include the history or politics of the California energy crunch. The main guide to the physical use of power is to realize that it is a five step process: 1 mining the source fuel, 2 transporting the fuel to the power generating plant, 3 efficiently producing the electrical power, 4 distributing the power over power lines, 5 using the power efficiently, including conservation measures. Costs are incurred at each stage, which include the effects of possible bottlenecks .

Website: http://www.physics.uci.edu/~silverma/power.html