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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (52072)	12/28/2000 10:34:25 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) of 436258

It does seem curious that the utility companies in California can't make a profit at 6.5 cents per kWh. Here in Virginia residences are paying an average of 5.2 cents per kWh - we are paying 4.5 cents kWh winter, 5.5 cents kWh summer under 800 kWh, 7.6 cents kWh summer over 800 kWh. Businesses get a better rate - the biggest pay 3.7 cents per kWh. (Dominion Power - Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Ohio.) Obviously they don't have enough power plants. But who is at fault here? It looks like the last major power plant built in California was 15 years ago - Diablo Canyon. That one took forever and a day to get built - it was opposed every step of the way by the No Nukes crowd. >>The last major power plant built in California opened 15 years ago at Diablo Canyon. The nuclear-powered plant can generate 2,200 megawatts. Since Diablo Canyon came on line, the state has grown by 8.2 million people, has created 3.5 million jobs and has built 2.4 million homes, according to the state Department of Finance.<< ocregister.com But you ought to take a look at the timeline for building the Diablo Canyon plant - it's amazing - PG&E started trying to build it in 1963! The roadblocks that the environmentalists put up were incredible. I see that a grand jury was convened to investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing by the NRC for licensing the plant. Why anyone would want to build another plant in California is beyond my comprehension. sfo.com sfo.com I wonder if the same people who opposed building new plants are now the ones complaining that the power costs too much? Something tells me that this might be the case.

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