Press Release, Sonoma Clean Power, SONOMA COUNTY GAZETTE
Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), Sonoma County’s new electricity supplier, signed an agreement today with leading North American solar project developer Recurrent Energy, to construct 30 megawatts (MW) of solar power in California, and to supply the energy to SCP customers.
“This 20-year deal secures pricing that helps Sonoma Clean Power maintain its low costs and deliver further reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,” offered Supervisor Susan Gorin, Chair of the SCP Board of Directors.
Power from the new solar facility, located in the Central Valley, will be sufficient to supply 9,000 homes starting in late 2016 when construction is completed. The project will be constructed under a project labor agreement.
“The cost of this power is lower than any of our current contracts for renewable energy – helping to make room in the budget to support investments into local Sonoma County projects,” said Sonoma Clean Power’s CEO, Geof Syphers. “Early work on local power includes an existing deal for a similar amount of power from Calpine’s Geysers geothermal facility, a proposed feed-in tariff program for larger customers wanting to sell power, and improvements to the existing net metering program for solar customers,” Syphers added.