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The California Energy Commission (CEC) is moving ahead with considering a new 300 MW natural gas-fired peaking generation plant adjacent to an existing 600 MW baseload gas-fired plant in Otay Mesa, south of San Diego near the international border. Pio Pico Energy Center is indicative of a move away from the coastal power plant locations in the state and use of sea water for cooling, which is now being phased out. Pio Pico is a revised project on a new site following the withdrawal of an earlier project in the City of Chula Vista, which is losing an existing 600 MW gas-fired baseload plant alon...

For five years, two of the world's largest power companies have been locked in an all-out battle over the future of New England's electric grid. The

A study in contradictions, natural gas is both helping to keep the lights on and contributing to the risk of rolling blackouts. Here's why the role it plays in the region's energy grid will remain a factor in Maine for years to come.

A study in contradictions, natural gas is both helping to keep the lights on and contributing to the risk of rolling blackouts. Here's why the role it plays in the region's energy grid will remain a factor in Maine for years to come.