Electric Utility Asset Sale Raises Growth Issues
10 January 2001 - 9:00am
A PG&E proposal to auction its hydroelectric assets could bring about a new land rush in the Sierra Nevada.
The sale of dams, reservoirs and land could invite large-scale timber and surface mining, and could induce urban development in areas that have remained largely untouched, especially along the Interstate 80 corridor east of Sacramento.
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California Planning and Development Report, January 9, 2001
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