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Power Plant Proposal Takes Heat

OAKLAND, CA-the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission criticized a power plant expansion proposal for not heeding the McAteer-Petris Act, which prohibits bay fill whenever alternatives are available.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on March 22, 2002

OAKLAND, CA-The regulatory agency that oversees the filling of the San Francisco Bay says that the proposed expansion of the Potrero Power Plant violates the state law that dictates bay fill.

The Mirant Corp. proposed to expand the plant it acquired from PG&E in 1999 at 1201 Illinois St. in San Francisco’s Potrero District into a 540-megawatt plant to provide electricity to the city. Mirant has submitted the proposal to the California Energy Commission, which has the final word on whether to allow the expansion to take place.

Under CEC rules, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission must forward its recommendations to the state energy commission, which must take the suggestions into account before it makes a final assessment.

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