SCE Grows Clean Energy Portfolio, Enhances System Reliability With 770 Megawatts of New Energy Storage Capacity
May 01 2020 - 5:18PM
Business Wire
Southern California Edison announced that it has signed seven
contracts totaling 770 megawatts of battery-based energy storage
resources to help enhance the region’s electric system reliability
needs. The recently conducted solicitation and the resulting
contracts make up one of the country’s largest energy storage
procurements.
The projects will enhance electric grid reliability and help
address potential energy shortfalls identified in California. The
projects will assist in integrating renewable clean energy into the
grid from intermittent wind and solar resources and will also help
the state transition its energy profile as several large coastal
once-through cooling plants are scheduled to retire over the next
three years.
Most of the projects selected are co-located projects since the
battery project will use an adjacent solar power plant to charge
the battery over the term of the contract. These projects will be
located at the same point of interconnection and will be the first
of their kind on California’s grid.
Last year, the California Public Utilities Commission identified
potential reliability issues in the state’s electric supply.
Analysis revealed that the retirement of aging natural gas plants,
the increasing levels of solar and wind energy that need to be
integrated into the system and shifts in peak time power use would
all contribute to potential issues on the system.
To solve these potential issues, the commission authorized the
utilities and other load-serving entities to procure additional new
clean energy resources to meet those needs and keep California on
its present path to meet ambitious greenhouse gas emissions
reduction targets by 2030.
“These new emissions-free projects will help us ensure the
reliability of the grid for our customers and integrate an
ever-increasing amount of clean renewable energy over the next
decade,” said William Walsh, SCE vice president of Energy
Procurement & Management.
Selected
Bidder
Project
Name
Project
Location
Contract Term (Years)
Contract Capacity (MW)
Commercial
Online Date
Southern Power
Garland
Rosamond, CA
Kern County
20
88
8/1/2021
Southern Power
Tranquillity
Tranquillity, CA
Fresno County
20
72
8/1/2021
TerraGen Power
Sanborn
Mojave, CA
Kern County
10
50
8/1/2021
NextEra Energy Resources
Blythe 2
Blythe, CA
Riverside County
15
115
8/1/2021
NextEra Energy Resources
Blythe 3
Blythe,
Riverside County
15
115
8/1/2021
NextEra Energy Resources
McCoy
Blythe,
Riverside County
15
230
8/1/2021
LS Power
Gateway 1-2
San Diego,
San Diego County
15
100
8/1/2021
The selected contracts were part of a robust competitive process
and will require California Public Utilities Commission approval,
with SCE expected to submit the contracts for approval later this
month.
“Signing these contracts aligns with SCE’s Pathway 2045.
continues our support of California’s goal to green the state and
also encourages clean energy projects of all types, creating jobs
and strengthening our economy,” said Walsh.
About Southern California Edison
An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California
Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a
population of approximately 15 million via 5 million customer
accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central,
Coastal and Southern California.
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