UPDATE: PG&E, Edison International Utilities Hunt For Renewable Power
2009年7月1日 - 11:46AM
Dow Jones News
PG&E Corp. (PCG) and Edison International (EIX) utilities
said Tuesday they're looking to sign new contracts for renewable
energy.
Both companies said they're looking for power purchase
agreements for a variety of renewable energy, including wind,
solar, geothermal, biomass and small hydropower. PG&E said it's
also soliciting agreements with an option to purchase a project
after five or 10 years, outright acquisitions of renewable energy
facilities, acquisitions of project sites for development of
generation facilities, and agreements to jointly own or develop a
renewable energy project.
State regulators have asked California utilities to pay special
attention to projects in the Imperial Valley, in the southeast
corner of the state, where Sempra Energy (SRE) unit San Diego Gas
& Electric Co. is building a high-voltage transmission line.
Edison said it would also be on the lookout for projects in Kern
County, Calif., that could connect to the Tehachapi transmission
line the company is building.
PG&E, SoCal Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric are
required by state law to use renewable sources for a fifth of the
power they sell by 2013. PG&E's request for proposals is aimed
at meeting that requirement.
PG&E last week signed a contract with a unit of NRG Energy
Inc. (NRG) for 92 megawatts of solar-thermal power. The power will
come from a plant in Lancaster, Calif., that will use solar-thermal
technology developed by privately held eSolar. The plant, slated
for completion in 2012, will produce about 192 gigawatt-hours of
electricity a year, enough to serve about 30,000 homes, PG&E
said.
-By Cassandra Sweet, Dow Jones Newswires; 415-439-6468;
cassandra.sweet@dowjones.com