Southern California Edison (SCE) Signs Contracts for Up to 960 Megawatts of Renewable Power.

June 17, 2009 – Vol.14 No.13

Southern California Edison (SCE) Signs Contracts for Up to 960 Megawatts of Renewable Power.

The recent agreements, subject to approval of the California Public Utilities Commission, include two contracts with Solar Millennium for a potential 726 megawatts of power from solar-thermal trough generators. When complete, those projects call for two 242 megawatt facilities with the option to expand one to include an additional 242 megawatts. The projects would be located in Blythe, California., and Ridgecrest, California, and are expected to come on line in 2013 and 2014.

Other recent renewable power contracts – both scheduled to come on line in the fourth quarter, 2010 – include an agreement with Columbia Energy Partners for 40 megawatts of wind power, expandable to 104 megawatts, in Central Oregon; and one with BP Wind Energy and Ridgeline Energy, LLC for 90 megawatts of wind power, expandable to 130 megawatts, in Southeast Idaho.

To date, SCE has executed 12 contracts from the 2008 renewable solicitation representing potential annual deliveries of more than 6.5 billion kilowatt-hours per year. In addition, SCE is in the process of preparing to issue the 2009 renewable solicitation with an expected launch date by the end of June.

Southern California Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a population of nearly 14 million via 4.9 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern California. (6/17/09)

Links:

SCE Renewables
http://www.sce.com/renewables

Solar Millennium
http://www.solarmillennium.de

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