El Toro Hydroelectric Plant is a hydroelectric power station in Bío Bío Region,

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. The plant uses water from Laja River and produces of

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. The plant was built by

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in .Electricity generation capacity of Chile
as of July 2007 b
Comisión Nacional de Energía
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