Engineering Positive Energy Jim Posey, General Manager Municipal Light & Power
ML&P Engineering positions by division 8 7 Engineer in 6 Training 5 4 Associate 3 Engineer, PE 2 1 Senior Engineer, 0 PE Generation Regulatory Affairs Operations Engineering Power Management 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
New projects • Southcentral Power Plant – 183 MW gas-fired generation plant – 3 LM6000PF high-efficiency gas combustion turbines – 90% cleaner & 25% more efficient
• SCADA • Integrated network • Non-utility net metering
Engineering projects at ML&P 1 2 3
• 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
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