NRG moves forward with Oxnard power plant site
Despite a recent setback from the California Coastal Commission, Houston-based NRG Energy is pressing ahead with plans to build a new power plant along the Oxnard coast. If built, the company claims construction of the facility could have an economic impact of at least $93 million on the region. But the California Coastal Commission handed Read More →
Commission recommends Puente Power Project be built on alternative site
The California Coastal Commission has unanimously recommended that Oxnard’s Puente Power Project be built somewhere other than the site of an existing power plant on Mandalay Beach. The Coastal Commission made the recommendation at a Sept. 9 meeting in Newport Beach, saying the Puente Power Project should be built on an alternative site outside of Read More →
CPUC OKs construction of NRG Energy’s Puente Power Project in Oxnard
The California Public Utilities Commission greenlit Oxnard’s Puente Power Project at a May 26 meeting in San Francisco. In a 5-0 vote, the commission unanimously approved a contract between Southern California Edison and Houston-based NRG Energy to build a 262-megawatt peaker plant on the site of the 57-year-old Mandalay Generating Station. Over the past several Read More →
Oxnard power plant decision delayed
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Proposed peaker plant in Oxnard bad idea because of flood vulnerability
Reliability is the key point emphasized in the Pacific Coast Business Times editorial July 17 (Oxnard peaker plant should be approved). During the CPUC evidentiary hearings held in May regarding the NRG proposal, the city of Oxnard provided proof based on state of the art scientific evidence that storm surge patterns and sea level rise Read More →