Additional Generation Available to Southern California

Jul 06 - PRNewswire

The California Energy Commission announced today that 500 megawatts of additional generation is now available to serve Southern California. The completion of the second phase of Calpine's Pastoria Energy Center brings the total capacity at the facility to 750 megawatts. The first phase of the project commenced operation on May 4, 2005. The Pastoria Energy Center is located on Tejon Ranch in southern Kern County between Bakersfield and Los Angeles.

Northern California has also added 750 megawatts of new generation this year. The City of Santa Clara's Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant began producing 147 megawatts in Santa Clara in March, while Calpine's 600 megawatt Metcalf Energy Center in San Jose went on-line at the end of May.

Before the end of the year, nearly 2,000 megawatts of additional generation is scheduled to become available: