From:	Denz-Hamilton, Jona 
Sent:	Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:53 AM 

To:	Denz-Hamilton, Jona 

Subject:

Dear Mayor Gonzales,

Re: Proposed San Jose Power Plant (Metcalf)

Thank your for responding to the concerns of the
overwhelming majority of the people you represent by
opposing the poorly conceived power plant project proposed
for our city. Calpine's proposed San Jose power plant
project:

1.Would threaten the economy of Silicon Valley and of the
State by downgrading San Jose's Coyote Valley area, long
reserved for premier campus uses, to heavy industrial;

2.Would release over 1,000 TONS of emissions annually into
the airshed of over 1 million people;

3.Would place the #1 worst polluting business in the City of
San Jose within ½ mile of existing neighborhoods, homes,
schools, and offices;

4.Would place one of the worst polluters in the entire Bay
area in the City with the most people and the most children
per household, and in an area that already has the WORST air
quality in the Bay area;

5.Is opposed by Mayor Gonzales, local councilmembers, City
of Morgan Hill, neighborhood groups, environmental groups,
and many others who have spent thousands of hours
researching this complex issue;

6.Is opposed by Cisco Systems, the #1 corporation in the
State of California and the largest employer in the City of
San Jose.

Losing California's #1 Corporation to North Carolina or
Texas, losing the 20,000 jobs Cisco Systems plans to add to
the local economy, so we can favor a heavily polluting
project that will threaten people's health in one of
California's largest population centers, use our air as a
sewer to swill away its waste, and provide only 24 full time
jobs, would threaten the economy of San Jose, Silicon
Valley, and the State of California.


The "shortage" of power that led to the June 14 Bay area
blackout was 130 megawatts (MW). Six new power plant
projects have already been approved since deregulation; four
of them are actually under construction. Together they
represent almost 5,000 megawatts (MW) of power generation
capacity, or 40 times more than the June 14 shortage.

Additionally, projects totaling nearly 10,000 MW are in the
California Energy Commission (CEC) approval pipeline. By
2003, when construction is complete on these projects, we
will be generating power in excess of state needs by 15%,
and will be exporting power.

In fact, there are more projects before the CEC this year
than there have been in the last 15 years combined. Most of
these projects will likely be approved, as the great
majority have NO LOCAL OPPOSITION. For example, 3/4 of
projects currently under review by CEC have no local
opposition. Most are in appropriate heavy industrial areas.

Many good power plant projects are already in the process of
being approved. The state and Bay area will be wellserved
when projects under construction come online in 2002. The
proposed San Jose power plant could not be built soon enough
to avert current shortages. There is only one beneficiary of
the proposed Metcalf Energy Center: Calpine.

Bad projects are never justified. I support you in your fine
representation of the people of San Jose and surrounding
areas in opposing Calpine's power plant project proposed for
San Jose.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Joan Denz-Hamilton 
(address removed at her request)


cc:

Vice Mayor Fiscalini 
Councilmember Lezotte 
Councilmember Powers 
Councilmember Chavez
Councilmember Diaz 
Councilmember Shirakawa
Councilmember Woody 
Councilmember Diquisto 
Councilmember Dando
Mr. Paul Richins, CEC
Ms. Roberta Mendonca, CEC 
CEC Docket 99-AFC-3
Commissioner Keese 
Commissioner Laurie
Commissioner Moore 
Commissioner Pernell
Commissioner Rosenfeld
Governor Gray Davis
Santa Teresa Citizen Action Group
Commissioner Hoo
Commissioner Dhillon
Commissioner Godbolt
Commissioner James
Commissioner Levy
Commissioner Ross
Commissioner Zamora
Candidate Napoli
Candidate Williams
Candidate Chu
Candidate Reed
Candidate Cunningham
Candidate Yeager
Candidate Cortese
Candidate Garcia
San Jose Mercury News



DOCKET 99-AFC-3

Date:   Sep. 28, 00 
Recd:  Sep. 28, 00