----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Marcus" <bill@jbsenergy.com>
To: "V. John White (E-mail)" <vjw@cleanpower.org>; "Mike Florio (E-mail)"
<mflorio@turn.org>; "Bob Finkelstein (E-mail)" <bfinkelstein@turn.org>;
"Sara Myers (E-mail)" <ssmyers@worldnet.att.net>; "Jim Caldwell (E-mail)"
<tgaljhc@aol.com>; "Robert McCullough (E-mail)" <robert@mresearch.com>;
"Theresa Mueller (E-mail)" <theresa_mueller@ci.sf.ca.us>; "Lenny Goldberg
(E-mail)" <lga@mother.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Another Calpine Travesty


> Calpine submitted an AFC on July 6th  to build a 180 MW powerplant for US
> Data Port (a big server farm operation) in San Jose.  So far, so good.
The
> problem is that Calpine has signed a contract with DWR (which we have not
> yet seen to get paid $158/MWh for declining amounts of power from the
summer
> of 2002 thru April, 2005, as the server farm grows.
>
> Power's going for nothing, and they'er buying more at 16 cents per kWh
> through 2005.  Who are these guys?  Are they trying to bankrupt
ratepayers?
>
> I think we ought to gin up a consumer/enviro intervention at the CEC to
> permit the project to proceed only under the condition that this DWR
> contract is reformed or junked.
>
> Bill
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