called death star, get shorty, ricochet. >> as the lights went out on the west coast, enron's wholesale services revenues quadrupled to from $12 billion to $48 billion, and doubled again three months later. >> every time there's a shortage or a little bit of a price spike, it's always collusion or conspiracy or something. it makes people feel better that way. >> but you know as well as i do, it's nice for a business. you're in the business of making money for your shareholders. so you would be foolish, as you said, to turn down the kind of money you can make this past winter in california. isn't there -- >> i think you put words in my mouth there. >> okay. >> what happened in california was a flashing red signal about the nature of what enron was all about. >> but what wrought them down was just the sheer brazenness and the scope of their manipulation. >> the sec is now investigating enron's accounting procedures after the company admitted it inflated earnings by half a billion dollars.