| State Energy Commission Accepts 5 "Peaking"
Units for 'Fast Track' Licensing Process |
| CEC News Release, Oct 31, 2000 |
With a unanimous vote, the California Energy Commission decided
that five peaking projects were "data adquate." and could be considered
for a fast track review. Three of the five projects are designed to operate
for just three years. The other two may be converted to combined cycle operation
at the end of the three years. All five projects would be owned and operated
by Calpine. These are "peaking" units which are expected
to operate around 12 hours per day, 5 days per week, June - October. In
order to be considered for fast track, the proposals had to be judged "data
adequate" by October 31, 2000. The review process is four months, and
the units would be targeted to be on-line before August 1, 2001. The five
Calpine projects would provide a total of 448 MW:
91.2 MW |
Four trailer-mounted simple cycle gas fired turbines
in Brisbane, San Mateo County |
88.0 MW |
Two simple cycle gas fired turbines in the
City of Santa Clara |
91.2 MW |
Four trailer mounted simple cycle gas fired
turbines
in the City of San Mateo. |
91.2 MW |
Four trailer mounted simple cycle gas
fired turbinesin the City of Fremont. |
86.4 MW |
Two simple gas fired turbines near Oakdale
in Stanislaus County |
A previous project (a 51 MW simple cycle plant near the San
Francisco Airport) had qualified for expedited review on October 25, 2000.
It would be owned by El Paso Merchant Energy.
CEC news releases can be downloaded from www.energy.ca.gov/releases. |
|
Attempt to Spur Construction
of Power Plants Finds Few Takers |
| San Diego Union, Jan 8, 2001 |
A bill (AB 970) signed in early September to "fast track"
the complicated approval process for urgently needed power plants has drawn
no applicants. But the state Energy Commission says it has received e-mail
from firms that plan to seek approval under the new six-month process for
three plants that would produce a modest 590 megawatts.....
Another part of the legislation created a four-month approval process for
"peaker" power plants.....
But only one small peaker in the San Francisco Bay Area, a 51 MW unit being
built by El Paso Merchant Energy, is going through the process. Calpine
of San Jose withdrew fast-track applications for six peakers producing more
than 500 MW.
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