SAN JOSE, CA — Calpine Corp., an independent power company based here, has broken ground for its new 600-MW Metcalf Energy Center (MEC) in the Coyote Valley area of San Jose. The company expects the new natural gas-fired facility to begin supplying power during the summer of 2004.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a license for the facility in September of last year, after almost two and a half years of review.