Ken Speer, Assistant General Manager of Generation Services for the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), was invited to Gridley last Tuesday, January 19, by Gridley's Energy Commissioner, Owen Stiles, for a study session with Gridley City Council and Planning Commission members to discuss the Lodi Energy Center project.
Speer reported that the project, that started as a 255 megawatt (mw) project, is now a larger project at 280 mw net for less money. The plant will ofer 6,824 Btu/kWh with an 80 percent expected capacity factor. The expected energy cost is $67 per mw according to Speer.
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