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Archive Home > 2005 > April > 03 > Bill would give public more say on power plants

Bill would give public more say on power plants

Utility companies now don't need community OK

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
April 3, 2005

SALEM - Natural gas-fired power plants are hulking industrial behemoths that generate electricity to feed the growing needs of the West.

But the prospect of such projects - and the difficulty of stopping them from being built - sends a shudder through their prospective neighbors, from the....

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