| White House Says It's Looking At Mexico Power For
+ Calif 01/26/2001 Dow Jones News Service (Copyright (c) + 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) + + WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Bush administration said Friday that it + was reviewing the idea of tapping into Mexican power plants to bring more + electricity to power-starved California . + "That is an area that I know our energy people are looking at," + Fleischer said. + Fleischer didn't specify whether the White House was looking into + building transmission lines to bring power out of Mexico or into building + new plants in Mexico. + President George W. Bush will have a chance to talk about such + proposals when he meets with Mexican President Vicente Fox in February. + Regarding any granting of air-pollution waivers to California to + lift some of the burden from power generators there, Fleischer reiterated + that the White House is reviewing this option. However, he also said that + California must first ask for the waivers and hasn't done so yet. + Instead, the state is easing its own air-pollution standards. + -By Alex Keto, Dow Jones Newswires; 202 862 9256; +alex.keto@dowjones.com + |