Arizona Utility Contracts to Buy More Geothermal Power from CalEnergy (azcentral.com)
Salt River Project is increasing the amount of electricity it contracts to purchase from geothermal power plants in Southern California.
SRP added 37 MWe to its existing 50 MWe contract. One megawatt is enough electricity to power about 250 homes at once, when a power plant is running.
The geothermal power plants run by CalEnergy are in the Salton Sea area. The contracts begin in 2016 and increase over time until SRP will be receiving 87 MWe from the company in 2020. That amount of power will be enough for nearly 22,000 homes at once. The contract runs to 2039.
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