Constellation Announces Start of Construction on Nearly 1 Megawatt of Solar Generation for Palmdale, California
April 07 2014 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Solar project helps Palmdale meet California
mandates for renewable power generation and greenhouse gas
reduction
Energy products and services provider Constellation today
announced the construction of a 976-kilowatt DC solar generation
project that will help the city of Palmdale, Calif., meet state
mandates for renewable power generation and greenhouse gas
reduction. Scheduled for completion in the summer of 2014, the
solar generation project is expected to eliminate 1.8 million
pounds of carbon dioxide annually according to U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency data for the region.
The solar project requires no upfront capital from the city.
Solar firm PsomasFMG worked with the city to develop the project.
Constellation is financing the project’s development and will own
and operate the system.
The system is expected to generate 1,800 megawatt-hours of
electricity per year. Palmdale will purchase the electricity
generated by the system at a fixed-rate through a 20-year power
purchase agreement with Constellation. The city estimates that it
will save more than $40,000 in electricity costs during the first
year of the system’s operation.
“We are very proud of what this project is going to
accomplish,” said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. “It not only will
save the taxpayer money, but it will help the city meet its
Greenhouse Gas reduction requirements and goals, and allow us to
keep our Renewable Energy Credits for future use. We’re also proud
that we took the extra steps to make these structures more
aesthetically appealing by adding color and architectural features
so that they are visually compatible with their surroundings.”
Located on three sites, Palmdale’s Civic Center, DryTown Water
Park and Marie Kerr Park, the solar power arrays are comprised of
approximately 3,200 photovoltaic panels located on shade structures
which were designed to blend with the look and feel of the city’s
surroundings.
“We are very pleased that the city of Palmdale’s leadership has
considered both the financial and environmental health of the city
by installing solar power at three locations,” said Paul Mikos,
president, PsomasFMG. “With no capital outlay, the city will reduce
its ever increasing utility bill and its carbon footprint at the
same time.”
“Constellation is pleased to work with the PsomasFMG team in
helping the city of Palmdale meet its environmental goals and
manage its energy costs,” said Brendon Quinlivan, director, solar
sales for Constellation. “Structuring solar projects as power
purchase agreements requires no upfront capital from our customers,
and provides them with greater price certainty through long-term,
fixed power costs.”
California schools and municipalities interested in on-site
solar through a power purchase agreement with Constellation may
contact PsomasFMG at pmikos@psomasfmg.com or (714)465-4904.
About the City of Palmdale
The birthplace of the Space Shuttle and B2 Stealth Bomber, the
City of Palmdale has enjoyed tremendous growth and prosperity over
the last two decades. Our more than 153,000 residents enjoy a
comfortable hometown feel with a strong family orientation,
excellent education system and abundant recreational opportunities
in a safe environment. As the premier shopping destination in the
High Desert, Palmdale attracts the best of both retail and
manufacturing companies, and is poised to become a major Southern
California transportation hub with plans for two high speed rail
systems, Metrolink, two freeways and an airport all
converging in Palmdale.
About PsomasFMG
Based in Huntington Beach, CA, PsomasFMG provides turnkey solar
solutions to its clients by utilizing a combination of engineering
expertise, private investor funding, utilizing federal and state
subsidies. In 2010, PsomasFMG completed the largest operational
school solar system in Southern California, a 9.6 MW project across
10 schools in the Antelope Valley Union High School District.
Utilizing Power Purchase Agreements and requiring no capital outlay
from its host clients, PsomasFMG has also completed over 26 MWs of
solar projects for offtakers such as County of Orange and several
multi-campus school districts in Los Angeles County such as William
S. Hart School District, Wilsona School District, Palmdale School
District, and Hughes-Elizabeth Lake School District. PsomasFMG has
developed several other solar projects currently under various
stages of design and construction for the City of Palmdale, Castaic
Union School District, Keppel Union School District, Chaffey Joint
Union High School District, a 4.4 MW project with the City of
Lancaster under a PPA with Southern California Edison and a
design-build project for the Redondo Beach Unified School District.
PsomasFMG is dedicated to bringing value to California school and
communities. For more information contact Paul Mikos at
(714)465-4904, or visit www.PsomasFMG.com.
About Constellation
The Constellation family of retail electricity and natural gas
suppliers (www.constellation.com), are subsidiaries of Exelon
Corp., and are leading competitive retail suppliers of power,
natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United
States. Constellation’s retail businesses serve more than
100,000 business and public sector customers, including more than
two-thirds of the Fortune 100, and nearly one million residential
customers.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation’s leading
competitive energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately
$24.9 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon has operations and
business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia and
Canada. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power
generators, with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity
comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power
generation fleets. The company’s Constellation business unit
provides energy products and services to approximately 100,000
business and public sector customers and approximately 1 million
residential customers. Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity and
natural gas to more than 6.6 million customers in central Maryland
(BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania
(PECO).
ConstellationKelly Biemer, 410-470-9700orCity of PalmdaleJohn
Mlynar, 661-267-5115
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