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To: Meridian who wrote (72003)	8/30/2000 10:24:59 AM
From: upanddown	Respond to of 95453

Couple of stories in the LA Times about the CA electricity crisis.... big electricity users have been getting cheaper electric rates for years as a reward for putting themselves in exactly this position: agreeing to slash power consumption when the state's supplies run dangerously short. This summer, for the first time, they're repeatedly being called upon to live up to their agreements. In doing so, they are among the last sentinels on the edge of an unknown territory created by California's electricity crisis. latimes.com Duke Energy plans to add 1,060 megawatts to Moss Landing's 1,500-megawatt capacity. It will also upgrade the existing gas-fired turbines to make them cleaner and more efficient. When completed, the plant will generate enough power to light 2.6 million homes in Central California and the San Francisco Bay Area. It will produce more electricity than either the Diablo Canyon or San Onofre nuclear plants.The added power will be generated by two natural-gas generating turbines that will reduce pollution by 80% from historical levels. Duke also owns the 1,000-megawatt Morro Bay power plant on the Central Coast, where it has proposed a $600-million expansion, and the 700-megawatt generating station in Chula Vista, which it bought from San Diego Gas & Electric and where a similar modernization is planned. latimes.com Even with these expansions, no new capacity before 2003. John