California Public Utilities Commission
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Docket #s: Res-E-4302, E-4293, E-4263, E-4300
Media Contact: Terrie Prosper, 415.703.1366, news@cpuc.ca.gov
CPUC TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARD RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL WITH APPROVAL OF EDISON AND PG&E CONTRACTS
SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, 2009 - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved three renewable energy contracts for Southern California Edison and one for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, continuing the state's commitment to renewable power.
The table below provides a brief description of the projects:
Utility |
Generating facility |
Type |
Term Years |
MW Capacity |
GWh Energy |
Online Date |
Location |
PG&E |
Copper Mountain |
Solar PV, new |
20 |
48 |
100 |
June 1, 2011 |
Boulder City, Nevada |
Edison |
Echanis |
Wind, new |
20 |
40-104 |
123-321 |
November 15, 2010 |
Oregon |
Edison |
Klondike III |
Wind, operating |
2 |
50 |
156 |
Online |
Oregon |
Edison |
Toland Road Landfill |
Landfill gas, new |
10 |
1.57-5 |
9.63-30.66 |
Online |
Ventura County, CA |
The Copper Mountain project will be a new solar photovoltaic (PV) project developed by El Dorado Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Sempra Generation, and will use fixed-tilt thin-film PV panels manufactured by First Solar.
Columbia Energy Partners is developing the Echanis wind project located in southeast Oregon, and Edison will deliver the energy to California.
A contract between Edison and Puget Sound Energy, Inc. will provide renewable energy from the Klondike III wind facility, which is an operating Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)-eligible wind facility located in Oregon and owned and operated by Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
A contract between Edison and Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) will provide power from VRSD's Toland Road Landfill, which started operating in August 2009.
The CPUC's RPS program, one of the most ambitious renewable energy standards in the country, requires investor owned utilities, energy service providers, and community choice aggregators operating in California to obtain 20 percent of their retail sales from renewable energy sources by 2010.
For more information on the CPUC, please visit www.cpuc.ca.gov.
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