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GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR FIRST-EVER SOLAR PROJECT INVOLVES MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

4/15/2016

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Lake Tahoe, CA  April 15, 2016.  Earlier this week, Liberty Utilities participated in the official groundbreaking ceremony for their first-ever solar facility being built in Mineral County, Nevada (see photos below). 
“This project continues Liberty’s commitment to renewable energy sources,” states Greg Sorensen, President of Liberty Utilities-CA.  “When completed later this year, the solar project will meet 25 percent of our customers’ energy needs.”
 The Luning Solar Energy Center (aka the “Luning Project”) will be a 50 MW project.  In addition to the solar facility itself, a 120 kV power line approximately 1.6 miles long will be constructed from the solar facility to NV Energy’s existing Table Mountain Substation. 
The Luning Project will deliver its generation at this point of interconnection on the NV Energy Transmission system in Nevada.   NV Energy will then deliver the energy to delivery points within Liberty Utilities’ California service territory.
Liberty Utilities currently purchases all of its power from NV Energy through a Purchased Power Agreement (PPA), except for emergency diesel-generated power.  Last year Liberty re-negotiated their PPA with NV Energy to exclude coal-fired power whenever possible.  Renewable resources currently comprise approximately 22% of Liberty’s total power mix and meet the State of California’s current mandate, which is scheduled to increase to 33% by 2020 and 50% by 2030.
       Liberty’s most recent annual customer satisfaction survey conducted in fall 2015 revealed that 68% of their customers rated Liberty as an environmentally responsible company.
 
Liberty Utilities is your local electric company serving approximately 49,000 customers on the California side of Lake Tahoe and adjacent areas to the south and north including the cities of Markleeville, Woodfords, Topaz, Coleville, Walker, parts of Truckee & Verdi, Portola & Loyalton.  We are committed to providing quality service to our customers, and our employees are involved in the communities in which they live and work.  Visit us at www.libertyutilities.com
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