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Mark and Kim Smith
 
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Beachcomber wrote:

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Remember that this is only for California where most electrical
consumers are at the far end of the (transmission) line. They pretty
much don't like large conventional power plants in California (be they
nukes, coal-fire, hydro-electric dams, or gas fired units) and are not
building a whole lot more.



Well, they don't like building them close to the populated areas. But
there are quite a few ancient plants in the populated areas of So Cal.
Look for those tall stacks at the beaches and such.

Because of this, a lot of California power comes from outside the
state (Oregon, Washington, British Columbia) in the north and Hoover
Dam and other sources (Nevada - Arizona) in the south.

Known as the Pacific Intertie. Palo-Verde Nuclear in Arizona. Four
Corners coal fired in New Mexico. Don't know of much coming out of
Nevada, Las Vegas sucks up enough power!

There is
only one Nuke in the state

Two that come to mind right away. San Onofre for SCE and Diablo Canyon
for PG&E

and quite a few medium and smaller sized
hydro-electric dams in the mountains.


Big Creek is a decent size project but as with any hydro, it doesn't run
year round. Especially during droughts!

Geothermal also makes a small
contribution.



As does wind,

Beachcomber