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wiredInUSA - April 2015
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Texas solar growth
SunEdison Inc will construct new solar
plants in West Texas to supply the
city of Georgetown with 150MW of
solar power for 25 years. The plants
will be interconnected in 2016. Upon
completion, SunEdison expects to
offer this project to TerraForm Power
Inc for investment.
“SunEdisonisveryexcitedtobeworking
with Georgetown Utility Systems,” said
Paul Gaynor, executive vice president
of North America utility and global
wind at SunEdison. “Georgetown is
an exceptional city, and by going 100
percent renewable they will cut down
on pollution, save water, and enjoy
stable energy prices.”
“When Georgetown Utility Systems
opted to seek new sources of power
in 2012, we were charged with a
mission to secure the most cost-
effective energy that balanced risk
and reward,” says Jim Briggs, interim
city manager for the city, and general
manager for utilities.
“Georgetown Utility Services isn’t
required to buy solar or other
renewables – we did so because it will
save on electricity costs and decrease
our water usage. This power purchase
agreement makes Georgetown Utility
Systems one of the largest municipal
utilities in the nation to be 100 percent
renewable powered.”
The power purchase agreement is
among the largest solar agreements in
the electric reliability council of Texas
(ERCOT) jurisdiction, and represents
SunEdison’s largest utility scale solar
agreement in Texas.