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Three massive battery storage plants—built by Tesla, AES Corp., and Altagas Ltd.—are all officially going live in southern California at about the same time. Another one by Tesla in Hawaii.
The battery storage industry—a key part of the plan if wind and solar power are to ever dominate the grid—is less than a decade old and still relatively small. Until recently, batteries were many times more expensive than natural gas “peaker” plants that fire up to meet surging demand in the evening and morning hours.
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Affordability, Sustainability, Reliability: What’s important to you as an electricity customer in Mesa?
Post Date: 03/13/2017 4:55 PM
Mesa’s electric utility, the Energy Resources Department, is currently working on our 10-year Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to examine the different options for providing energy to electric customers (including solar, wind, hydro and traditional power sources) and is currently seeking citizen input.
Mesa’s current power supply is 20% renewable hydroelectric power and the remainder is composed of the sources that make up Arizona’s mix as a whole (nuclear, coal, and natural gas).
Mesa receives its renewable hydroelectric power from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and is required to complete an IRP every five years.
The IRP process helps both the Energy Resources Department and its customers follow the best path forward by determining the best resources for its stakeholders.
At the beginning of the IRP process, all resources are considered viable for meeting Mesa electric customers’ needs.
These resources include:
1. Long Term Contractual Resources
This is where Mesa issues “Requests for Proposals” from energy suppliers whereby the suppliers can generate energy and sell it to Mesa for an extended period of time.
The energy may be generated by any technology that the supplier chooses, but typical supplies in the southwest region may include
2. Purchasing Physical Resources
Mesa may have opportunities to own the resources that could provide electricity to its customers.
This may include owning and operating
3. Demand Side Management
Opportunities may exist for Mesa to facilitate programs which incent Mesa electric customers to reduce their electric consumption.
This way, Mesa helps its customers to keep their demand low to avoid the cost of acquiring other resources -- through staff analysis and input from the public on what energy values are most important to them (sustainable energy options, affordability, etc.).
We invite you to share your thoughts on energy sources in this 5-minute survey:
English version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Spanish Version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
For further information on the IRP planning process, please contact Anthony Cadorin, Energy Resources Coordinator, at Anthony.Cadorin@mesaaz.gov.
Mesa’s current power supply is 20% renewable hydroelectric power and the remainder is composed of the sources that make up Arizona’s mix as a whole (nuclear, coal, and natural gas).
The IRP process helps both the Energy Resources Department and its customers follow the best path forward by determining the best resources for its stakeholders.
At the beginning of the IRP process, all resources are considered viable for meeting Mesa electric customers’ needs.
These resources include:
1. Long Term Contractual Resources
This is where Mesa issues “Requests for Proposals” from energy suppliers whereby the suppliers can generate energy and sell it to Mesa for an extended period of time.
The energy may be generated by any technology that the supplier chooses, but typical supplies in the southwest region may include
- natural gas generated electricity,
- coal generated electricity,
- nuclear generated electricity
- possibly some small contributions from wind generated electricity or electricity generated at hydro-electric generators.
2. Purchasing Physical Resources
Mesa may have opportunities to own the resources that could provide electricity to its customers.
This may include owning and operating
- natural gas fired generation,
- wind-powered generation or
- solar photovoltaic generation.
3. Demand Side Management
Opportunities may exist for Mesa to facilitate programs which incent Mesa electric customers to reduce their electric consumption.
This way, Mesa helps its customers to keep their demand low to avoid the cost of acquiring other resources -- through staff analysis and input from the public on what energy values are most important to them (sustainable energy options, affordability, etc.).
We invite you to share your thoughts on energy sources in this 5-minute survey:
English version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Spanish Version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
For further information on the IRP planning process, please contact Anthony Cadorin, Energy Resources Coordinator, at Anthony.Cadorin@mesaaz.gov.
This is a reply received 4 days ago in response to questions sent
Thank you for your response to our survey, we appreciate the feedback. Regarding your questions:
1. What's the city paying now for electric supply?
The cost of electric supplies for the City of Mesa’s electric utility are published monthly on our website in our tariff adjustment sheet.
· The ELRF is the electric supply cost for our residential customers
· The ELCF is the electric supply cost for our commercial customers
· The ELFF is the electric supply cost for our interdepartmental customers
These costs are inclusive of generation, transmission, and all ancillary services required to deliver electric supplies from the energy market to Mesa’s electric utility:
2. Please be more specific about dollar figures, financing and proposed entities for joint ownership:
Thank you,
Amy McConnell
Amy J. McConnell
Transportation | Energy Public Information Officer
480-644-6553 - Office
Visit us at http://www.mesaaz.gov
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