SHOVELS TURN ON POWER PROJECT.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer City officials broke ground Tuesday on the $234 million Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Power Project, saying it will provide electricity reliably, efficiently and at lower rates in many cases to six cities including Glendale and Burbank. The 310-megawatt power plant that is slated for completion in mid- mid- pref. Middle: midbrain. 2005 will also serve Pasadena, Anaheim, Cerritos and Colton. The plant, which will be located on four acres at the northeast end of the Burbank Water and Power's electricity generating complex along Magnolia Boulevard, will provide a local generation resource for the cities, allowing them to rely less on long-distance transmission lines to deliver power. ``It will provide greater reliability because generation is local - locally controlled and locally dispatched Dispatched was a Swedish melodic death metal band formed in 1992 by Daniel Lundberg. Their sound is very similar to the older Gothenburg style of early In Flames. Biography Dispatched was formed just before New Year's Eve of 1991 by Daniel Lundberg and Krister Andersson. ,'' said Ed Freudenburg, spokesman for the Magnolia Power Project. The local source of electricity will also likely translate into lower rates for customers, officials said. ``The electricity that is generated by this facility will be about 4 (cents) to 5 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is very competitive,'' Freudenburg said. ``It will help stabilize stabilize See peg. , and in many cases reduce the cost of electricity, which will help keep rates down.'' The Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Public Power Authority, a joint-powers agency of which the six cities are members, funded about $314 million worth of bonds over 30 years to construct the facility, pay for the interest during construction, operate and maintain it. ``The utilities will not have to start paying for the power plant until they start receiving energy, and it spreads the cost of the power plant at least over 30 years of operation,'' Freudenburg said. The groundbreaking comes one week after the Glendale City Council voted to join Anaheim, Pasadena, Azusa, Colton, Banning and Vernon to purchase nine megawatts of wind-powered electrical energy at $1.4 million per year for 25 years from a facility being built in Solano County. That purchase also allows the cities to have a reliable and cost-effective energy resource, officials said. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Surveyor Craig Martin Craig Martin (born July 15, 1957 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a former Canadian national soccer team player. Martin made 6 'A' international appearances for Canada, 4 in 1983 and 2 more in 1984. checks elevations Tuesday prior to groundbreaking for the Magnolia Power Project in Burbank. (2) Burbank Mayor Stacey Murphy is seen through an acrylic acrylic, artificial fiber made from a special group of vinyl compounds, primarily acrylonitrile. Acrylic fibers are thermoplastic (i.e., soften when heated, reharden upon cooling), have low moisture regain, are low in density, and can be made into bulky fabrics. plaque plaque (plak) 1. any patch or flat area. 2. a superficial, solid, elevated skin lesion. attachment plaques that was presented to her Tuesday for her part in the Magnolia Power Project. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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