Constellation
today announced that it has signed an agreement with the City of Los
Angeles to design, build and operate a 27-megawatt (MW) renewable energy
power plant at L.A. Sanitation’s Hyperion Treatment Plant.
Hyperion is among the 10 largest wastewater treatment facilities in the
world, according to a 2012 Engineering News Record report. The
sewage treatment process at Hyperion generates a class 1 renewable fuel
known as digester gas. The new power plant, which will cost
approximately $130 million to construct, will use the digester gas
produced at Hyperion as its primary fuel source. The power plant will
produce steam and electricity that will be used to operate Hyperion’s
treatment operations.
“This state-of-the-art facility will reduce emissions at the Hyperion
plant and secure for our city a new energy source that is reliable,
efficient and sustainable,” said Traci Minamide, L.A. Sanitation’s chief
operating officer.
“Constellation is uniquely qualified to develop and operate this
integrated, self-sustaining solution for the City of Los Angeles and
L.A. Sanitation,” said Gary Fromer, senior vice president, energy
management programs, Constellation. “Our objective is to deliver and
operate for the city a power plant that will become a nationwide model
for reliable, cost-efficient, sustainable power solutions at wastewater
treatment facilities.”
L.A. Sanitation selected Constellation as the project developer after a
lengthy competitive bidding process. Constellation and its
subcontractors will develop, construct and operate the co-generation
facility for 10 years, with an option to extend the agreement for five
additional years. Commercial operation of the Hyperion co-generation
facility is expected by the end of 2016.
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 2012 revenues of approximately $23.5 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).
About L.A. Sanitation
As the lead agency for the City’s environmental programs and
initiatives, L.A. Sanitation protects public health and the environment
through the administration and management of three program areas: Clean
Water (Wastewater), Solid Resources (Solid Waste Management) and
Watershed Protection (Stormwater). These infrastructure programs
collect, treat, recycle, and dispose the solid and liquid waste
generated by the nation’s second largest city of more than four million
residents. Through these essential public service programs, Sanitation
delivers a triple bottom line of economic, environmental, and social
benefits that sustain the quality of life in Los Angeles. For more
information, please visit www.lacitysan.org.
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