Constellation and LA Sanitation Start Construction on Biogas-Fueled Cogeneration Plant
November 17 2015 - 3:50PM
Business Wire
Renewable fuel source will power city’s
Hyperion wastewater treatment facility, reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, and support energy resiliency
Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, and LA
Sanitation today announced the start of construction of a
25-megawatt (net) biogas-fueled cogeneration plant, which will
supply 100 percent of the steam and electricity produced to power
LA Sanitation’s Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant. Los Angeles Mayor
Eric Garcetti, City Councilmember Mike Bonin, and representatives
from LA Sanitation and Constellation attended a groundbreaking
ceremony at the Hyperion site to mark the occasion.
The cogeneration plant is expected to generate more than 173
million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year and supply up to
70,000 pounds per hour of steam, using the methane captured through
Hyperion’s sewage treatment process as its fuel source.
“At LA Sanitation, we are committed to protecting public health
and our environment,” said LA Sanitation Director, Enrique C.
Zaldivar, P.E. “Keeping our commitment means continually improving
and finding innovative new ways to meet the sustainability goals
that Mayor Garcetti has set for the entire city. Today's
groundbreaking brings us closer to fulfilling our pledge to the
people of Los Angeles.”
LA Sanitation selected Constellation as the project developer
after a competitive bidding process. Constellation and its
affiliate Exelon Generation will develop, construct and operate the
cogeneration facility for 20 years, with an option to extend the
agreement for two additional five-year terms.
“Constellation is proud to work with City of Los Angeles and LA
Sanitation to develop and operate a cogeneration plant for the
Hyperion facility that will help the community move toward its
economic and environmental goals,” said Gary Fromer, senior vice
president, distributed energy at Constellation. “Biogas-fueled
cogeneration offers wastewater treatment facilities a
cost-efficient, sustainable, and resilient energy source that is
highly effective at reducing methane and carbon dioxide
emissions.”
By using biogas fuel to generate electricity instead of brown
power sources, the Hyperion cogeneration plant is expected to avoid
the release of approximately 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide
each year, or the equivalent emissions from over 21,000 passenger
vehicles annually, according to an estimate from LA Sanitation. In
the event of an electric grid outage, the cogeneration plant has
the ability to maintain operations at the wastewater treatment
site.
The Hyperion cogeneration plant is Constellation’s newest
project through its distributed energy business, which has more
than 300 megawatts of assets in operation or under development for
commercial and government customers throughout the United States.
Constellation offers distributed energy solutions, including solar,
cogeneration, backup generation, fuel cells, and battery storage,
that may require no upfront capital from customers and may provide
fixed power costs that are less than projected market rates.
Commercial operation of the Hyperion cogeneration plant is
scheduled for the end of 2016.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power,
natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United States. Constellation's
family of retail businesses serves more than 2 million residential,
public sector and business customers, including more than
two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Baltimore-based Constellation is a
subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation's leading
competitive energy provider, with 2014 revenues of approximately
$27.4 billion, and more than 32,000 megawatts of owned capacity
comprising one of the nation's cleanest and lowest-cost power
generation fleets. Learn more at www.constellation.com or on
Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
About LA Sanitation
As the lead agency for the City’s environmental programs and
initiatives, LA Sanitation protects public health and the
environment through the administration and management of three
program areas: Clean Water (Wastewater), Solid Resources (Solid
Waste Management) and Watershed Protection (Stormwater). These
infrastructure programs collect, treat, recycle, and dispose the
solid and liquid waste generated by the nation’s second largest
city of more than four million residents. Through these essential
public service programs, LA Sanitation delivers a triple bottom
line of economic, environmental, and social benefits that sustain
the quality of life in Los Angeles. For more information, please
visit www.lacitysan.org.
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ConstellationKelly Biemer,
410-470-9700kelly.biemer@constellation.comorLA SanitationHeather
Johnson, 213-978-0325heather.johnson@lacity.org
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