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To: ThirdEye who wrote (170988)	8/13/2001 4:11:34 PM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

How many did he approve before the 2000 crunch ? The ones that have opend in the last few months (3 ?) are peak demand plants as I understand it. Only operate during peak demand times. What ever he did, it was much too little tooo late.

To: ThirdEye who wrote (170988)	8/13/2001 4:39:31 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I lost the link to the plants coming on line but it provides the dates of permit and beg and end of construction. If you have it I'd like to take another look at it. CA is not business friendly. ocregister.com

To: ThirdEye who wrote (170988)	8/13/2001 4:50:15 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Respond to of 769667

energy.ca.gov Updated: August 10, 2001 In the early 1990s before the State’s electricity industry was restructured, the California Energy Commission certified 11 power plants. (None were larger than 240 megawatts (MW). The largest licensed prior to the 90's was the 385 MW Arco Watson Cogeneration facility licensed in 1985.) Of the plants licensed in the 1990s, three were never built due to market conditions. Eight plants are now generating 952 MW of electricity. Additionally, a project approved in 1994 has a 44 MW second phase that is now on line. No power plant applications were filed with the Energy Commission between 1994 and 1997 because there was so much uncertainty during the restructuring of the electricity industry. Electricity deregulation occurred in March 1998. The Energy Commission has approved 29 total power plant projects since deregulation, though not all plants will be built. (See Table 1 below.) Three "major" power plants, totalling 1,415 megawatts, have come on line in 2001 and are producing electricity. Another 864 MW from "peaking" power plants will come on line by the end of September. Power plant applications (simple and combined cycle in the 4-month, 6-month or 12-month processes) currently under review by the Commission are in Table 2. Information on the emergency peaker projects (21-day process) is located on another page.