San Diego utility revives plans for electric plant

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California electric utility said Tuesday that it was reviving plans to build a large, natural gas-fired plant after news that the San Onofre nuclear power plant was closing.

San Diego Gas & Electric Co. said it will ask regulators next week to approve a 300-megawatt plant in unincorporated Otay Mesa near the Mexican border. The California Public Utilities Commission rejected it in March, delivering a victory to environmental and consumer groups who deemed it unnecessary.

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