The deal is still subject to approval by the California Public Utilities Commission includes geothermal , biomass, wind, and solar power. The biomass portion of the contract will assist small scale biomass generators. The solar arm is a photovoltaic project, Southern California Edison is the United States largest renewable energy provider with 13 billion kW ours being delivered per year. This figure is higher then any other utility in the United States. Currently 16 -17 of customer needs are met via renewable energy, by 2010 it is hoped this figure will rise to 20%.
The contracts include:
Company Location Type Length Initial Megawatts Potential Megawatts
Rumorosa Baja, Mexico Wind 20 yrs 200.0 250.0
Ormat Nevada Imperial County, CA Geothermal 20 yrs 50.0 100.0
Granite Wind, LLC Apple Valley, CA Wind 20 yrs 42.0 81.0
Caithness Dixie Valley Dixie Valley, NV Geothermal 20 yrs 50.0 50.0
L.A. County Sanitation Palos Verdes, CA Biomass 10 yrs 1.4 1.6
California Sunrise I California City, NV Photovoltaic 20 yrs 1.0 1.0
Total 344.4 483.6
Stuart Hemphill the director of renewable and alternative power was quoted as saying; “We applaud our suppliers’ commitment to renewable energy,” “The clean power generated as a result of these contracts will contribute significantly to California’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy goals.”
For additional information:
http://www.edison.com/pressroom/pr.asp?id=6790 http://www.sce.com/
