>What are you saying? Didn't you see the fabulous power availability chart in the other thread??
It's me that's wrong, there's plenty of power in the state for anything you'd want to do, just ask
them.

It's not so much a case of being wrong as putting the worst possible spin on the situation. Take a look at the increasing capacity compared to increasing usage, and you'll find that there is more than a grain of truth to the assertion that the present generating capacity doesn't automatically equate to plenty of power for RR electrifications. It's a simple matter of meeting demand; until the RR demand is there (or definitely will be), no generating capacity will be built to serve it. It was true of the VGN and N&W, it was also true of PG&E when it built power plants on the American River in anticipation of SP's projected Donner Summit electrification, and all of those were 100 years ago.