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Engineering Positive Energy

Jim Posey, General Manager Municipal Light & Power

ML&P Engineering positions by division

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Engineering Generation Operations Power Management Regulatory Affairs Engineer in Training Associate Engineer, PE Senior Engineer, PE Engineering Supervisor Environmental Engineer

About ML&P

• Generates, transmits

& distributes electricity for >30,000 customers

• 1/3 interest in Beluga

River Gas Field

• 19.9 square-mile

service area

• 237 employees

Generation

• 331.7 MW (Base ISO) generation capacity
• 176 MW peak power in 2010

– Plant 1 (4 turbines) 88.5 MW – Plant 2 (4 turbines) 219.5 MW – Eklutna Hydro Plant (53%) 23.7 MW – Bradley Lake Hydro Project (25.9%) 32.6 MW

Six-Year Capital Improvement Plan

• $459 million investment

– $76 million in transmission & distribution – $274 million in production & generation – $86 million Beluga Gas Field – $23 million general plant

New Energy Economy

• Fuel-efficiency upgrades

& SPP

– Reduces natural gas needs 25-30%

• Affordable renewable

energy

– Hydro, geothermal, wind, solar

• Nuclear, tidal, trash-to-

gas projects

Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project Eklutna Hydroelectric Proposed Susitna Hydroelectric Project

Transmission/Distribution

• 257 miles underground cable
• 130 miles overhead

distribution cable

• 25 miles overhead

transmission cable

• 19 substations
• 4 switch yards

• Southcentral Power Plant

– 183 MW gas-fired generation plant – 3 LM6000PF high-efficiency gas combustion turbines – 90% cleaner & 25% more efficient

New projects

• SCADA
• Integrated network
• Non-utility net metering

Engineering projects at ML&P

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• ML&P www.mlandp.com
• Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers of

Alaska www.ieee-alaska.org Northwest Public Power Association www.nwppa.org American Public Power Association www.appa.net American Public Works Association www.apwa.net