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- Southern California Public Power Authority's Magnolia Power Project earns POWER's highest honor
- The Magnolia Power Project, a 310-MW combined-cycle plant in downtown Burbank, proves that "urban load-centered generation" is indeed practical, if the right pieces are put in place. SCPPA financed and owns Magnolia on behalf of six of its member municipal utilities. When water disposal concerns threatened to derail the project,...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- ACWA Energy Expert Addresses California Energy Commission Workshop; Speaks of Relationship Between Water and Energy
- SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Speaking today at a California Energy Commission workshop, Dr. Lon House, energy consultant for the Association of California Water Agencies ACWA, informed attendees that water agencies are in a unique position to curtail energy usage when necessary to help the state during times of increased demand. ...
- Research articles 2005-06-21
- Power Plant Goes Dormant near Buttonwillow, Calif.; Outage to Last Weeks.
- By Erin Waldner, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--La Paloma, a 1,000-megawatt power plant in west Kern County, is temporarily dormant. The plant near Buttonwillow is not producing any electricity, according to the Independent System Operator,...
- Research articles 2004-05-21
- Building standards to cut energy approved.(Energy matters: a compendium of energy facts and information)(Brief Article)
- The California Energy Commission adopted updated building standards for energy efficiency in residential and nonresidential construction. The new rules are designed to cut the state's peak energy use by more than 180 megawatts annually. According to the Energy Commission, this is enough electricity to power 180,000...
- Research articles 2003-12-08
- Forecast
- Just days after the California Energy Commission released its summer electricity forecast -- stating that supplies should be adequate to meet peak summer demand for the next two years -- California's power grid operator called a Stage 1 energy alert. The alert, which is the lowest on the California...
- Research articles 2003-06-02
- California dreamin'
- For the short term, California appears to be OK. When its 30 million residents switch on their air conditioners this summer, they'll work. The future, however, isn't so bright. A recent forecast by the California Energy Commission CEC predicts power shortages in 2006 and blackouts in 2007. It warns that...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Kern County, Calif., Plant Powers Up.
- By Erin Waldner, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--La Paloma, a new power plant in Kern County, is partially online and generating 562 megawatts of energy, according to the California Energy Commission and the project developer. ...
- Research articles 2003-02-05
- Energy supplies appear positive this year
- The California Energy Commission predicts electricity supply looks promising for the state this summer. Supplies are expected to remain good through 2005, according to a press release from the California Energy Commission. It's estimated the state will have a 9 percent operating reserve during the critical summer months...
- Research articles 2003-02-10
- New Power Plant in Kern County, Calif., Is Slated to Go Online Soon.
- By Erin Waldner, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10--Operators could fire up a new power plant in Kern County any day now, bringing with it 1,124 megawatts of energy. La Paloma, constructed near McKittrick, is 99 percent complete...
- Research articles 2003-01-10
- The Wind Turbine Company Secures $950,000 in R&D Funding Development of Prototype Wind Turbine Now Underway
- BELLEVUE, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 16, 1999--The Wind Turbine Company announced today that it has signed a $950,000 contract with the California Energy Commission CEC to help the firm develop a new, state-of-the-art wind turbine. The CEC is funding the effort under the Commission's Public Interest Energy Research PIER...
- Research articles 1999-02-16
- California's Electricity Generation Update
- This paper gives the Electricity generation update of the year 2001-02. In February, the Governor established a goal of adding 5,000 MW of additional generation during the 2001 summer peaking period and an additional 5,000 MW during the 2002 summer peaking period. Based on projects the Energy Commission and Governor's...
- White papers 2001-04-19
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- California Regulators Say Heck Yeah to Sunrise Power Line
- An engine designed almost 200 years ago could be the future of solar energy. At least that’s what San Diego county is banking on, along with Phoenix-based Stirling Energy Systems, which will be building a 1,000-MW solar plant run off of Stirling engines in the county’s desert thanks to the...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Progress Energy to Replace Coal Units
- Zacks.com submits: On October 1, 2009, the North California Utilities Commission (NCUC) approved Progress Energy Carolinas' plan to build new a natural gas-fueled power generation plant in Wayne County. The commission approved a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Progress Energy Carolinas' proposed 950-megawatt MW combined-cycle power...
- External links 2009-10-08
- First Solar, SCE sign PPA for 550 MW solar projects
- Tempe, Ariz.-based First Solar (Nasdaq:FSLR) and Rosemead, Calif.-based utility Southern California Edison SCE said today they are planning to build two large-scale solar power projects in Southern California. The installations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties are expected to have the capacity to generate 550 megawatts of photovoltaic solar electricity,...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Sun rises on big solar: historic and modern technologies converge in the desert.(Stirling Energy Systems Inc.)(California Public Utilities Commission)(plans for sun farms)
- LATE LAST OCTOBER, THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPROVED PLANS FOR a 4,500-acre sun farm that will begin harvesting solar energy in late 2008. By 2012, this first of two huge energy farms could be supplying 500 MW daily, enough power LATE LAST...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- California regulators approve PG&E power contracts
- The California Public Utilities Commission recently approved three contracts for utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to purchase electricity generated by renewable energy. The contracts for the PG&E Corp. subsidiary range between 10 and 15 years. They are part of California's energy action plan calling for renewable resources to...
- Research articles 2006-10-11
- California PUC Proposes Nation's Biggest Solar Program -- 3,000 MWof Solar Power by 2016
- SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The California Public Utilities Commission PUC has unveiled its California Solar Initiative, proposing to install 3,000 MW of solar on California homes, businesses, farms, schools and public facilities. The program, if adopted in mid-January by the five-member Public Utilities Commission, will be the...
- Research articles 2005-12-14
- U.S. Not Keeping Pace With Foreign Rivals on Solar Production
- Despite a dramatic increase in solar cell production in the United States last year -- up 48 percent to 266 megawatts -- the nation's share of global production and installations continued to fall in 2007, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute, produced in collaboration with...
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Is UTC Power's Geothermal Contract a Bad Deal?
- A major player in geothermal well field exploration and the development of clean, renewable geothermal electric power plants, Raser Technologies, entered into a Purchase Contract with UTC Power, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation. In connection with the purchase contract, Raser agreed to purchase approximately $33.38 million...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- SCE Signs Six New Renewable Power Contracts
- Southern California Edison SCE recently announced it has submitted for review by the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC six new long-term contracts with power generators using wind, biomass and geothermal energy. If approved by the CPUC, SCE said the contracts would add as much as 427 megawatts MW to...
- Research articles 2005-03-14
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