Word: zenker
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...blueprints for generators keep gathering dust while California's energy crisis deepens. Proposals for 44 plants representing 22,600 megawatts of generating capacity are currently before California regulatory bodies. But only a handful are likely to come online before 2003. "California has a very cumbersome siting process," says Michael Zenker, a director of Cambridge Energy Research Associates. "It's long and gives opponents a good chance of defeating any plan." To make matters worse, some 40% of the state's capacity comes from facilities built more than 30 years ago, making them prone to equipment problems...