FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 25, 2000
CONTACT: Melissa Chiechi
602-352-2521 chiechi@wapa.gov
PHOENIX, ARIZ.-The Mitigation Action Plan for the Griffith Energy Project was issued on Dec. 29, 1999 and is available for public review. The MAP explains how Western will limit adverse environmental impacts related to building and operating facilities for Griffith Energy Project. This MAP includes Peacock Substation, the new 230-kV transmission lines, improvements to the existing Davis-Peacock 230-kV transmission line and mitigation commitments made by Western for Griffith Powerplant.
Copies of the MAP may be obtained from John Holt, Environmental Manager, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Region, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ, 85005-6457, (602) 352-2592, FAX: (602) 352-2630, e-mail: holt@wapa.gov. The MAP is also posted on Western's Web site under the link to the Griffith Energy Project at www.wapa.gov.
Griffith Energy Limited Liability Corporation is constructing the Griffith Energy Project, a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle powerplant, located on private land south of Kingman, Ariz.
The plant will be a "merchant plant." Currently, there is no long-term commitment or obligation by any utility to purchase the capacity and energy generated by the Griffith Plant. The project will, instead, seek to market its capacity and energy to the regional electric markets. Power purchases by customers will be voluntary, wholesale purchases and all economic project costs will be borne by the project, not by any utility ratepayers.
Griffith Energy applied to interconnect its proposed powerplant with Western's transmission system. Western, as an agency of the Department of Energy and a major transmission system owner, must provide access to its transmission system when it is requested by an eligible organization.
The Western interconnection will allow Griffith to supply its power to the competitive electric wholesale market.
Western Area Power Administration annually markets and transmits more than 10,000 megawatts of power from hydroelectric powerplants owned and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 15 central and western states.
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