Tapes: Enron plotted to shut down power plant - Feb 3, 2005 - CNN.com -

CNN.com - Tapes: Enron plotted to shut down power plant - Feb 3, 2005:

"A Washington state utility released audiotapes Thursday that it said revealed bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp. plotted to take a power plant off-line in 2001 to jack up electric prices in Western states.

That same day, shortages of power forced rolling blackouts in northern California that affected about 2 million customers.

Snohomish Public Utility District in Everett, Washington, released the tapes as part of its effort to void a $122 million lawsuit Enron has filed against it seeking payment for electricity it was contracted to provide."