[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1671-E1672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXPANSION OF CALPINE

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                             HON. DOUG OSE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 27, 1999

  Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with the people of 
California's 3rd Congressional district to support the expansion of the

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Calpine Sutter Power Plant, a long-standing business in Sutter County.
  Sutter County, situated just north of Sacramento between the 
Sacramento and Feather Rivers, has access to three state universities, 
a major metropolitan airport, the State Capitol, and recreational areas 
of the Sierra Mountain Range. However, with double-digit unemployment, 
a local economy almost solely dependent on agriculture, the lack of 
adequate power, and the annual danger of flooding in the upper 
Sacramento Valley, Sutter County also faces many challenges.
  Today, Sutter County is celebrating the groundbreaking of Calpine's 
new plant site, which will increase its property tax base by at least 
$300 million. The new plant will provide clean, low-cost power for 
economic development, employ up to 250 construction workers for twenty 
months, create at least twenty new family-wage, full-time jobs, and 
provide significant revenues to local businesses.
  Additionally, Calpine has proposed a 10-year, $2.5 million private 
funding program for improving levees and storm drainage facilities in 
Sutter County. The funds will be distributed directly to the Sutter 
County Water Agency and the County Flood Control and Water Conservation 
District, which will have final authority over how the funds are spent.
  I commend Calpine and people of Sutter County for their commitment 
and investment in their community through new jobs, increased tax 
revenue, clean, reliable, low-cost electricity, and willingness to work 
together toward local flood control solutions. This another example of 
businesses and communities working together to define a vision and 
successfully achieve common goals.

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