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DAM-L THREE GORGES PROBE: November 22, 2000 (fwd)

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Subject: THREE GORGES PROBE: November 22, 2000

THREE GORGES PROBE
November 22, 2000

(1)  Provinces forced to buy electricity from Three Gorges dam
(2)  World Bank-financed Xiaolangdi dam fails to find customers

(1) Provinces forced to buy electricity from Three Gorges dam
Nov. 7, 2000 - China's provincial and city authorities have been
instructed to buy electricity from the Three Gorges dam project,
according to an official from China's State Economic and Trade
Commission. As predicted in Probe International's 1999 report,
China's Three Gorges dam faces financial death spiral,
the central government is attempting to secure a market for
Three Gorges by forcing consumers to buy its power, and
shutting out its competitors. The government has forbidden power
distribution authorities to buy electricity from thermal plants in areas

served by Three Gorges dam, and has either already closed or
scheduled these plants for termination.

(2) World Bank-financed Xiaolangdi dam fails to find customers
Oct. 19, 2000 - China's US$4-billion dam across the Yellow River in
Henan province has been unable to find customers for its electricity,
according to its vice-general manager, Wang Xianwu. The massive
Xiaolangdi project, backed with US$1-billion in loans from the World
Bank, also failed to prevent serious flooding along the Yellow River's
middle and lower reaches this summer.

For related stories see:
Why Ertan cannot sell its power, People's Daily
China's Three Gorges dam faces financial death spiral, Three Gorges
Probe

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