San Diego-based Sempra Generation has begun construction on a solar power plant in Nevada that will supply enough power to offset electricity consumption by 45,000 households.
Northern California utility Pacific Gas and Electric will buy that electricity under a 25-year power purchase agreement approved last week by the California Public Utilities Commission. Terms of the agreement will not be made public until at least three years after the solar project’s completion.
The 150-megawatt plant, called Copper Mountain 2, will stand next to an existing 50-megawatt facility at Boulder City, between Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam. Flat land, high-desert sunlight and major electrical transmission lines make the location especially attractive to developers of utility-scale solar.
The project is likely to receive significant federal and state subsidies, but it will also provide a steady revenue stream to Boulder City, which leases the site.
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