sPower and MCE Complete Largest Operational CCA Solar Project in California
April 29 2019 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Paving the way for more large-scale renewable
energy partnerships with CCAs
sPower, an industry leader in solar and wind assets, working
collaboratively with MCE, announced that they recently achieved
commercial operations on a 130 MWdc solar project in Lancaster,
California. The project, named Antelope Expansion 2, completed by
sPower in December of 2018, will sell output to MCE under a
long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). While California is home
to many large solar projects, this is the largest one completed
to-date in California with a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA).
CCAs broaden the potential for renewables by allowing cities and
counties to bring customers together to leverage individual
purchasing power within a defined jurisdiction.
Antelope Expansion 2 is the second solar facility where sPower
and MCE have partnered to bring more solar on-line. This project
provides meaningful benefits to the community, it produces enough
electricity to power over 26,000 homes and eliminates over 217,000
metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. While under construction,
this project provided meaningful economic benefits locally in the
over 261,000 union labor hours worked from the Southern California
Trade Unions, including Laborers Local 300, Operators Local 12,
Ironworkers Local 433 & 416 and IBEW Local 11.
“MCE is proud to partner with sPower and unions to continue
supporting the green jobs and renewable energy projects that will
both bolster local communities and evolve into the cornerstone of
the state’s new economy,” said Dawn Weisz, CEO of MCE. “Projects
like this demonstrate MCE’s mission to offer the 60-100 percent
renewable energy options that helped MCE customers meet
California’s SB 100 renewable energy targets 11 years ahead of
schedule.”
“The project is indicative of the trend of CCAs taking a
leadership position in renewable procurement within California,”
said Hans Isern, sPower’s Senior Vice President of Origination.
“CCAs are giving electric customers in California the ability to
select a cleaner source of power from in-state projects, which also
helps provide more opportunities for local businesses, labor
unions, and communities within the state.”
About sPower:
sPower, an AES and AIMCo company, is the largest private owner
of operating solar assets in the United States. sPower owns and
operates a portfolio of solar and wind assets greater than 1,500 MW
and has a development pipeline of more than 10,000 MW. sPower is
owned by a joint venture partnership between The AES Corporation
(NYSE: AES), a worldwide energy company headquartered in Arlington,
Virginia, and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, one of
Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional investment fund
managers. For more information, visit www.sPower.com.
About MCE:
MCE is California’s first Community Choice Aggregation Program,
a not-for-profit, public agency that began service in 2010 with the
goals of providing cleaner power at stable rates to its customers,
reducing greenhouse emissions, and investing in targeted energy
programs that support communities’ energy needs. MCE is a
load-serving entity supporting ~1,000 MW peak load. MCE provides
electricity service to approximately 470,000 customer accounts and
over 1M residents and businesses in 34 member communities across 4
Bay Area counties: Napa, Marin, Contra Costa, and Solano.
MCE offers 3 renewable energy products: Light Green (60%
renewable); Deep Green (sourced from 100% in-state solar + wind);
and Local Sol (100% locally-produced solar). MCE continues to
exceed state renewable energy supply standards and greenhouse gas
(GHG) reduction targets. MCE achieved California’s renewable energy
goals 11 years ahead of state targets, and will meet GHG-free goals
23 years early. For more information about MCE, visit
mceCleanEnergy.org.
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