California's Booming Power Plant Industry

Facing an electricity crisis, the hottest California real estate market is suddenly power plants.

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March 9, 2001, 7:00 AM PST

"With a short supply of electricity in California during recent months, it is easy to overlook the boom in power plant construction that has already started. Since April 1999, the California Energy Commission has approved nine plants capable of increasing the states generating capacity by 12%.As of early March, the commission was reviewing 14 more proposals that would add another 12% to the states generating abilities, bringing the capacity to about 67,000 megawatts."

Thanks to California Planning & Development Report

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