Article: Baja May Play Key Role in Easing Energy Crunch.(Baja California, Mexico)(Brief Article)

Trade: U.S. Firms See Potential in Building Power Plants in Mexico

As California remains entrenched in an energy crisis, Baja California is poised to be a major source of power in the future.

Power companies like San Diego-based Sempra Energy are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in power plants and infrastructure in the Mexican state with the plans of selling power to both the Mexican government and U.S. consumers.

The plants could supply hundreds of thousands of homes in Southern California with electricity -- but not until 2003. Mexico just recently began allowing plants to export electricity across border, said Sempra spokesman ...

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