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Kern County, Calif., Plant Powers Up.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2003
By Erin Waldner, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 5--La Paloma, a new power plant in Kern County, is partially online and generating 562 megawatts of energy, according to the California Energy Commission and the project developer.
Located near the town of McKittrick, about 40 miles west of Bakersfield, the power plant is built to generate 1,121 megawatts of energy, enough juice for more than 1 million homes.
Bethesda, Md.-based PG&E National Energy Group is the project developer. Alstom is the builder.
The $500 million plant, approved by the California Energy Commission in October 1999,was originally scheduled to go online sometime between December 2001 and March 2002.
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