I always took my role as a leader, and certainly chairman and CEO of a major company very seriously as to our employees and trying to create opportunities for them and create opportunities where they could even, as I said many times, could realize their God-given potential and maybe realize more potential than even they realize they had.

I mean, our primary businesses in wholesale pipelines, utilities, retail, were all doing extremely well.

We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people.

I don't think I'm a criminal, number one.

The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.

I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I was unaware of.

Investors don't like uncertainty.