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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Power Plants

    The City of Redondo Beach wants to tear down a huge power plant. But will we need the energy it provides? Are they dinosaurs or just eyesores? Power plants, prime property, and deregulation.

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 11, 1997 • 1 min read

    Jan Smutny-Jones: Chairman of California Independent System Operator; member of board of Directors of Power Exchange; Executive Director of the Independent Energy Producers Association. Greg Hill: Mayor, City of Redondo Beach Ted Craver: Treasurer, Southern California Edison (one of companies under umbrella of Edison International) James Caldwell: Technical Director; Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies Richard Bilas: Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission Charles Haley: President, PowerCom, (an independent energy service provider; ie: brokers electricity) Bob Finkelstein: Electricity Attorney, The Utility Reform Network (TURN--formerly Toward Utility Rate Normalization) Richard Alatorre: LA City Councilman, 4th District (Boyle Heights); member of Metropolitan Transportation Board Ted Schade: Project Manager, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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