On
March 16, Pasadena City Council unanimously approved PWP's 2009 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).
(Read staff report and
exhibits.)
This important document is our blueprint forproviding our customers with
reliable, environmentally responsible electric service,
competitive
rates and energy independence over the next two decades. The IRP takes into account future energy
demand, advances in renewable energy resources and
technology, energy efficiency, conservation, forecast
changes in regulatory requirements, among other
considerations.
The City’s Environmental
Advisory Commission and Municipal Services Committee both unanimously
recommended that City Council approve the 2009 IRP.Throughout the drafting of
the 2009 IRP, PWP
encouraged the public's participation and feedback through attendance at
public meetings and submission of comments and questions to staff. A
stakeholders' advisory group, which met on a regular basis, has expressed
its support of the plan.
Presentations from general public
meetings and advisory group meetings are posted below.
Major
targets of the 2009 IRP include:
Reducing coal power purchases from a Utah plant by at least 35 MW by
2016
Replacing old technology at our local plant on Glenarm Street with a
more efficient and reliable natural gas combined cycle plant
Implementing aggressive energy efficiency and load reduction programs
Increasing the proportion of green power in PWP’s mix to 40 percent by
2020
Achieving 19 MW of locally-owned solar photovoltaic power by 2024
Purchasing 10 MW of renewable power from “feed-in” sources within
Pasadena (e.g. private solar installations)
Cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent by 2020
The estimated cost increase
is six percent more than status
quo operations what
has already been projected
if PWP'senergy resource portfolio remainsstatus quo. (See current
Power Content Label.)
