During the last three years we have grown our power generation business and continue to assess high-value, low-risk power investments. Our power assets consist of two district energy systems, a 100 percent interest in four gas-fired power facilities, a 100 percent interest in the Glen Park Hydroelectric facility, a 50 percent interest in NRGreen, a 50 percent interest in East Windsor cogeneration and an approximate 12 percent ownership interest in Pristine Power Inc.
The district energy systems, located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and London, Ontario, together have approximately 185 megawatts (MW) of thermal and electric generation capacity. These stable, long-term investments provide reliable operational service and excellent growth opportunities for providing steam and chilled water to new and existing customers.
The Glen Park Hydroelectric facility, located on the Black River in upstate New York, has a nominal installed capacity of 33 MW. This facility operates under a 50-year license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is scheduled to expire in 2032.
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Fort Chicago’s power assets provide asset diversity, serve key energy-consuming markets, and are underpinned with long-term contracts.
Our London District Energy business is Canada’s oldest district heating system, first built around 1880 to serve university, hospital, and government complexes.
The London cogeneration facility, a 17 MW power generation facility, was placed into service in December 2008 under a 20-year contract with the Ontario Power Authority. This new facility also provides approximately 52 MW of incremental thermal energy to the London district energy system to expand its steam and chilled water capabilities.
We have two gas-fired cogeneration facilities located in California, the Ripon facility located east of San Francisco in the city of Ripon, and the San Gabriel facility located east of Los Angeles in the city of Pomona. The Ripon facility has a generation capacity of 49.5 MW, and sells its output to Pacific Gas & Electric. The San Gabriel facility has a generation capacity of 44.5 MW with sales to Southern California Edison.
Located in Brush, Colorado, northeast of Denver, our Brush II facility is a 70 MW gas-fired combined cycle power generation plant that operates under a long-term tolling agreement.
NRGreen owns and operates four, 5 MW waste heat power generation units located adjacent to compressor units on the Saskatchewan segment of Alliance. NRGreen continues to evaluate opportunities for the economic deployment of waste heat generation units at other Alliance compressor stations, both in Canada and the United States, as well as other power generation projects not connected to the Alliance system. NRGreen is managed and operated by Alliance.
The East Windsor facility, which entered commercial operation in November, 2009, is an 84 MW natural gas fired cogeneration plant located adjacent to a Ford Motor Company operation in Windsor, Ontario. Its generated electricity feeds the Ontario market under a 20-year tolling agreement with the Ontario Power Authority. Process steam is sold to Ford for internal needs at its Windsor engine manufacturing site.
Our ownership interest in Pristine Power Inc., a publicly-traded power development company, diversifies our power holdings and potentially provides new generation investment opportunities.
For more information visit:
NRGreen: www.nrgreenpower.com
East Windsor Cogeneration: www.eastwindsorcogen.ca
For general or commercial use information about London District Energy please contact:
Paul EastmanV.P. Eastern Canada Power
Phone: (519) 434-9194
Email: peastman@fortchicago.com
