(Press Release) LADWP to Begin Construction on Major Solar Power Plant

Beacon Solar Highlights L.A.’s Clean Energy Future

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the 250-megawatt (MW) Beacon Solar Power Project. This new solar array is an important component of LADWP’s complete power supply transformation with unprecedented investments in efficient use of energy and renewable energy.

WHAT:

Groundbreaking event marking start of construction Los Angeles’ newest Solar Powered Generating Station

WHO:

Hon. Felipe Fuentes, L.A. City Councilmember (CD7)

Zack Scrivner, Kern County Second District Supervisor

Marcie Edwards, LADWP General Manager

Randy Howard, LADWP Senior Assistant General Manager – Power System

WHEN:

Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.

WHERE:

Beacon Solar Project Construction Site

29956 Highway 14, Cantil, CA 93519

Link to Google Map

BACKGROUND:

Beacon Solar is a significant contributor to meeting LADWP’s renewable energy goals, providing over 3% toward the state mandate of 25% by 2016 and 33% by 2020. The utility scale Beacon Solar Power Project will also spur development of 50 MW of small-scale, distributed solar power within the city, as part of LADWP’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Program, to help boost the local clean energy economy.

The Beacon Solar Project benefits include:

– 250 Megawatts (MW) of clean, solar energy

– 50 MW of local L.A. FiT solar

– Enough clean, renewable sun power for 127,000 homes (based on 763 gigawatt-hours of power use)

– Displaces 328,800 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions

– Equivalent to removing 82,500 cars off the road