Key Dates
- November 19, 2001 - Commission approves modification to add Phase II combined cycle power plant.
- June 26, 2001 - Single cycle peaker portion of project goes on line.
- May 14, 2001 - Amendment to Commission decision filed to modify (aka Phase II or "Sunrise II") into a combined cycle power plant, adding approximately 265 megawatts.
- December 6, 2000 - The Energy Commission certifies the Sunrise Power Project.
- November 20, 2000 - Revised Presiding Member's Proposed Decision (PMPD) issued.
- October 26, 2000 -- Energy Commission staff files Supplemental Final Staff Assessment for the Sunrise Power Project (Sunrise).
- September 12, 2000 -- Applicant files amendment changing the project from a facility to a simple-cycle, peaking facility.
- May 8, 2000 -- Presiding Member's Proposed decision is released.
- October 1, 1999 -- Energy Commission issues Part I of its Final Staff Assessment (FSA).
- August 28, 1999 -- San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Issues its Preliminary Determination of Compliance (PDOC).
- August 2, 1999 -- Energy Commission issues its Preliminary Staff Assessment (PSA).
- February 17, 1999 -- Energy Commission determines that the AFC is data adequate.
- December 21, 1998 -- Application For Certification (AFC) filed by project proponent.
General Description of Project (updated 3/25/02)
The Sunrise Power Project is located approximately 35
miles southwest of Bakersfield, and one mile southwest of
the intersection of State Route 33 and Shale Road in Kern
County. The original Sunrise Cogeneration and Power Project
application for certification was filed with the Energy
Commission in 1998 for a cogeneration facility that would
generate electricity for sale and produce steam for use in
the adjacent oilfields in thermally-enhanced oil recovery
processes. In September 2000, the applicant modified the
cogeneration project to a simple-cycle peaking power project
("Sunrise Power Project") to deliver 320 MW of power for the
peak demand of summer 2001. The simple-cycle Sunrise Power
Project was certified on December 6, 2000, construction
began on December 7, 2000, and commercial operation
commenced on June 26, 2001.
On May 14, 2001, the Sunrise Power Company filed a
petition to convert the simple-cycle power plant to a
combined-cycle power plant (aka "Sunrise II"). This
expansion will add approximately 265 MW of generating
capacity, resulting in a nominal 585 MW combined-cycle power
plant. In accordance with Executive Order D-25-01 of the
Governor of the State of California, dated February 8, 2001,
the petition was processed as a project amendment rather
than as a new application for certification. The Energy
Commission approved the petition on November 19, 2001, and
construction on Sunrise II commenced on December 21, 2001.
Sunrise II will include two duct-fired heat recovery
steam generators (HRSG), one 265 MW steam turbine generator
(STG), an anhydrous ammonia selective catalytic reduction
system to control air emissions, an evaporative condenser
cooling tower system, a 15.5 mile water line, an expansion
of the existing power plant site, and injection wells for
wastewater disposal. The conversion to combined-cycle
operations will provide baseload and peaking power up to 24
hours per day, seven days per week. Both generating and
fuel efficiencies will be substantially improved through
combined-cycle operations by more complete utilization of
the combustion turbine generator's hot gases to generate
steam in the HRSGs for added steam cycles and increased
electrical output from the new STG.
Project Status
Sunrise I went on line June 27, 2001.
Sunrise II is currently under construction and is scheduled for commercial operation in summer 2003.
More Information, Please Contact,
Chris Davis
Project Compliance Manager
Siting, Transmission and Environmental Protection Division
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-2000
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-654-4842
E-mail: CMDavis@energy.state.ca.us
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