WIND POWER PROJECT GETS OK RESIDENTS OBJECTED TO EDISON'S PLAN.Byline: Staff and Wire Services A project to bring more electricity generated by windmills to 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, was approved last week by the state Public Utilities Commission despite objections from residents in northern Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. The first segment of Southern California Edison's Tehachapi transmission project must still get final approval from the U.S. Forest Service. The Tehachapi project would upgrade high-voltage transmission lines capable of delivering 4,500 megawatts of electricity from wind farms in northern Los Angeles and eastern Kern counties. In October, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
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Edison already had agreed to shift the lines to avoid homes west of Rosamond and in the new Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r Ranch and Anaverde master-plan communities in the Antelope Valley. The project is to be built in 11 segments to coincide with the development of wind farms. The first segment would include construction of a 26-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line connecting Edison's Antelope substation in Lancaster with the utility's Pardee substation in Santa Clarita. The line is expected to be operational in early 2009. |
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