From: Robert Comer 

>"We haven't seen any measurable impact," said Jason Cuevas, spokesman
>for Southern Co., one of the nation's largest power companies, echoing
>comments from several large utilities.

Well duh, I could have told them that!

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Bob Comer


On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:10:00 -0400, Rich Gauszka
 wrote:

>
>The danger now is that the congress critters may want to get involved again
>
>http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2007-
04-02T223538Z_01_N02447830_RTRUKOC_0_US-DAYLIGHT-ENERGY.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
>
>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The early onset of Daylight Savings Time in the
>United States this year may have been for naught.
>
>The move to turn the clocks forward by an hour on March 11 rather than
>the usual early April date was mandated by the U.S. government as an
>energy-saving effort.
>
>But other than forcing millions of drowsy American workers and school
>children into the dark, wintry weather three weeks early, the move
>appears to have had little impact on power usage.
>
>"We haven't seen any measurable impact," said Jason Cuevas, spokesman
>for Southern Co., one of the nation's largest power companies, echoing
>comments from several large utilities.
>
>That may come as no surprise to the Energy Department, which last year
>predicted only modest energy savings because the benefits of the later
>daylight hour would be offset.

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