"We're pushing," said Lynn Culp, member service manager for Surprise Valley Electrification, the Alturas-based company involved in developing a geothermal power that will produce 3 MW of renewable power, or about enough net output to provide power for 600 to 700 single-family homes.
The company had hoped to have the power plant operable last fall, but the target is now set this summer. Culp said the cost of the project has also climbed from an estimated $12 million in 2011 to about $21 million. The total includes a $2 million federal Department of Energy grant through the American Recovery Act and a $3 million Oregon Department of Energy business tax credit.
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