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Guv Fetes Bay Area's Largest Power Plant

PITTSBURG, CA-Pittsburg welcomed Gov. Gray Davis yesterday to launch the opening of the $400-million Delta Energy Center, which at 880-megawatts is the largest power plant in the Bay Area.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on June 18, 2002

PITTSBURG, CA-Gov. Gray Davis this week christened Pittsburg’s newest power plant, the 880-megawatt Calpine Corp.-operated Delta Energy Center.

The plant is located next to the Los Medanos Energy Facility, a 550-megawatt plant that began operating last July, when speculation about California’s energy shortage led to a state-wide rush to license and build new facilities in order to make the state self-sufficient.

The Delta Energy Center is the 13th power plant to come online during the Davis’ administration and the largest plant to open in the Bay Area. The plant is located on an undeveloped 20-acre parcel near the Dow Chemical Company facility, and cost nearly $400 million to build.

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