james rogers jamesrbestcom situation wouldnt happened first place california didnt economically insane regulations created regulatory climate facilitated yes product overregulation james rogers jamesrbestcom tue 20020924 0517 geege schuman wrote slates todays papers new york times los angeles times lead word federal judge ruled yesterday nations largest national gas pipeline company el paso illegally withheld gas market californias energy squeeze 200001 judge concluded el paso left 21 percent capacity state offline thus driving price gas helping induce rolling blackouts product overregulation 24 sep 2002 084017 0700 liberal defnitions