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New England Region Has Ample Power Supply, Power Official Says.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2001

By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 25--New England won't face the rolling blackouts that have plagued California this year, even if energy demand hits record levels this summer, the operator of the region's power grid said yesterday.

Unlike California, New England has been adding power plants aggressively during the economy's boom, according to ISO New England Inc. in Holyoke. Nine new plants are up and running since last year, grid officials said, enough to produce 10 percent more power and to exceed demand as summer heats up.

"We're not California. There is an ample supply of electricity for New England this summer," said Steven Whitley, vice president of system operations at ISO, a not-for-profit...

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