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To: Slagle who wrote (24727)	11/2/2007 10:07:42 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217792

Exemplary case of competition: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix. "The Arizona Corporation Commission has pulled the plug on a California utility company's plan to build 231 miles of lines to transmit energy between the two states. After more than four hours of hearings on Wednesday, the commission unanimously voted against Southern California Edison's move to run high-voltage lines from several independently owned natural-gas plants near Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to an area near Palm Springs." Message 23588097 Looked to me as competition between two power generating outfits. But there is an interesting point: "The Palo Verde 500 kV switchyard is a key point in the western states power grid, and is used as a reference point in the pricing of electricity across the southwest United States" Look closely and you see to many "incidents" involving Palo Verde". Someone out there is not happy with the "reference point in the pricing of electricity" Now there is a plan to shut down Palo Verde: "Pipe bomb locks down Ariz. nuke plant" news.yahoo.com Ex-engineer accused of taking software to Iran Nuclear power plant worker faces embargo violation, faces 21 months updated 11:39 a.m. ET April 21, 2007 PHOENIX - A former engineer at the nation’s largest nuclear power plant has been charged with taking computer access codes and software to Iran and using it to download details of plant control rooms and reactors, authorities said. The FBI said there’s no indication the plant employee training software had any terrorist connections. Mohammad Alavi, who worked at the triple-reactor Palo Verde power plant west of Phoenix, was arrested April 9 at Los Angeles International Airport when he arrived on a flight from Iran, authorities said. ELMAT: If you live in Phoenix Arizona, you must beware. This competition can be very dangerous if someone decides to make a more sharp case for "decommissioning" Palo Verde. And you thought that it is Iranians that are dangerous with Nuclear technology...