CA May Finally Win On An Energy Issue
2 March 2001 - 9:45am
California may win 160,000 acres of Sierra Nevada wild lands and alpine lakes currently owned by PG&E and SCE.
The 160,000 acres of wilderness is owned by the utility companies and serves as a watershed around lakes and powerhouses. It has become a bargaining chip in the state's energy negotiations to take over transmission lines. Environmentalists are excited. Under deregulation, utility companies could sell the land, which would open it up to home building and logging.
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State Has Its Eye on Utilities' Sierra Lands
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The Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2005
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