The money we are seeking is the amount we paid in excess of a just and reasonable rate, according to formulas established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

It's beyond money. The power provided under this contract is critical to supply stability. We cannot afford in California to take even one step back to a reliance on the spot market.

The domestic manufacturers have capacity in excess of demand, so they have determined to lower price through incentives to keep them occupied.

Once we have those expenses taken care of and the board feels we have an excess of money, we push the rest of the money into an endowment fund. This is our fifth year, and right now we're at $100,000 that we've raised so far, and that's pretty amazing for a little community like this to pull together and do something like that.

If there are sex offenders who have come into California and haven't registered, that is cause for concern. We'll work with law enforcement to try to track them down, but it's a tough task.

On its face it seems like an outrageous invasion of people's privacy.