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California Energy Commission Approves $400-Mil Power Plant

SAN JOSE-The 600-megawatt Metcalf Energy Center won approval from the CEC Monday. Calpine Corp. and Bechtel Enterprises are prepared to begin construction on the 20-acre site this October.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on September 25, 2001

SAN JOSE-The California Energy Commission has unanimously approved a controversial 600-megawatt power plant in South San Jose. The Metcalf Energy Center is being proposed by locally-based Calpine Corp. and San Francisco-based Bechtel Enterprises Holdings Inc.

The natural gas-fired power plant has generated opposition from South San Jose residents because of the risks of plant pollution involved in building it. San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales and the city council rejected the proposal last year. Calpine then appealed to the California Energy Commission, which has the power to overrule the council.

The state energy crisis made power plant construction a priority to Gov. Gray Davis who endorsed Metcalf in April. Davis appointed a majority of the commission’s board members.

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