CHULA VISTA BAYFRONT MASTER PLAN
POWER PLANT
•BPC votes not to allow replacement power plant
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•SDG&E switch yard to be relocated
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•RMR status uncertain for existing power plant
The current owners of the Southbay Power Plant have withdrawn their application for a new power plant. SDG&E still is agreeing to move the switch yard to a smaller parcel further south. The California Energy Commission is still insisting upon RMR, which is must run status for this dinosaur that only runs when the power is needed by the grid, because it not only is dirty, it is very expensive to operate. Their lease expires in 2011. The assumption is the plant will be torn down, and replacement energy production will be found by then, but nothing is certain.