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CHICAGO, Dec. 23 - In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children ...

For 41 years, the 1970s-era facility on San Antonio’s Southeast Side has generated electricity for CPS customers — a lot of electricity. One megawatt can power about 200 homes on a hot summer day.