Why is California building fossil-fuel power plants it doesn’t need?

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By Nathanael JohnsonFeb 6, 2017, 5:39 pm193 pts
A big piece in the Los Angeles Times asks that question. Californians have done a great job of conserving energy; electricity usage peaked in 2008. Even relatively new power plants have been shut down in recent years because the state doesn’t need their electricity. But utilities keep building new…

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