September 5, 2008—Southern California Edison (SCE) recently signed a 20-year contract with DCE, an affiliate of Caithness Energy, which will provide up to 909 megawatts of wind power in Oregon. Developers say that, once completed, the Caithness project will be one of the world’s largest fully permitted wind farms.
The project, called Caithness Shepherd’s Flat, involves the installation of 303 wind turbines across 30 square miles in Gilliam and Morrow Counties in North-Central Oregon between 2011 and 2012. Shepherd’s Flat is expected to generate 2 billion kilowatt-hours per year of renewable energy, which is more than one-tenth of SCE’s overall renewable portfolio.
SCE says the project will benefit its customers because it requires no additional or upgraded transmission lines, which significantly lessens the time it takes for a power plant of this magnitude to come on line.
For more information about SCE’s Renewable Energy portfolio, visit the SCE Web site.
