DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2001
General

California Energy Crisis

California Public Utilities Commission
• Decisions and legal documents
• Video of current meetings on the energy crisis (Real Player)
• Electric Industry includes information on electricity restructuring, rates and tariffs, decisions
California Utilities Emergency Association
• See the Electric Utility and Restructuring News for editorials on the cause of the crisis
• Articles from the various utility companies
• Dictionary of electrical terms
Understanding California's Rolling Blackouts (CNN)
• Questions and answers written by Greg Lefevre on January 18, 2001
Enron Traders Caught on Tape (CBS)
• Audiotape and transcript of Enron officials milking the California energy crisis in 2001
• Reported on CBS Evening News by Gonzales on June 1, 2004
See also Energy Policy and Enron

Detroit Tricentennial

Detroit 300 Home Page [No longer active]
• Calendar of events
• Ways to volunteer
• For a substitute web page see Guide to Detroit
Detroit Century Box (Detroit News)
• Time capsule with 60 letters and memorabilia from December 1900
• Project headed by Detroit mayor William C. Maybury
• Opened by Mayor Dennis Archer on December 31, 2000
• Web site has brief description of contents, text of Mayor Maybury's letter, and video of time capsule opening (Real Player)
Detroit Historical Museum
• On-line exhibits of Detroit's 300 years
• Separate textual history of Detroit
• Links to related Detroit museums

Madeleine Albright at UMich

Background
• Former Secy. of State Madeleine Albright will serve as a distinguished scholar for the University of Michigan's William Davidson Institute
• Appointment begins September 1, 2001
Press Announcement (April 3, 2001)
• Press release on the appointment by the Davidson Institute
• Biography of Madeleine Albright and a description of her duties

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