28 Apr
2001
28 Apr
'01
10:14 p.m.
I am not an eviro nut but this is one of the worst places to put a power plant. To make CalPine even more stupid is that Gilroy which already hosts a small co-gen plant has already approached Calpine about building the plant 20 miles away and been turned down. Don't say I am NIMBY since I live in Gilroy and actually want the plant closer! Roeland Meyer wrote:
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Coyote Valley: San Jose finally approved the construction of the CalPine power plant, needed to support the Santa Teresa, Coyote Valley, and Morgan Hill areas. But, local slow-growth advocates and enviro-nazis are protesting and threatening to sue San Jose. San Jose is asking the state to help smooth things over so that the plant can get built.
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