We have proactively grown our power generation assets and we intend to continue to add high-value, low-risk power investments. Fort Chicago’s power assets consist of two district energy systems, four gas-fired power facilities, a 50% interest in NRGreen, a 50% interest in East Windsor cogeneration and an approximate 12% ownership interest in Pristine Power Inc.
The district energy systems, located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and London, Ontario, together have approximately 185 megawatts of thermal and electric generation capacity. These stable, long-term investments provide reliable operational service and excellent growth opportunities for the provision of steam and chilled water to new and existing customers.
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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, with electricity sales to Pacific Gas & Electric and steam sales to a large, adjacent paper company. The San Gabriel facility has a generation capacity of 44.5 MW. Its electricity production is sold to Southern California Edison and the produced steam is used to make high-quality distilled water for local industry applications. The California facilities are ideally located in close proximity to high load growth areas and each has the potential to be expanded by an additional 100 MW. Consideration is also being given to repowering each facility by replacing the existing turbine with a new, upgraded combustion turbine, thereby increasing sales output and improving operational efficiency.
The Brush II generation facility, located in Brush, Colorado, approximately 150 kms northeast of Denver, is a 70 MW gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility that operates under a long-term tolling agreement.
NRGreen, which is managed and operated by Alliance, owns four five-MW waste heat power generation units located adjacent to compressor units on the Saskatchewan segment of the Alliance Pipeline.
The East Windsor cogeneration facility is an 84 MW natural-gas fired cogeneration plant located on land adjacent to a Ford operation in Windsor, Ontario. Its generated electricity feeds the Ontario market under a 20-year financial tolling agreement with the Ontario Power Authority. The East Windsor facility commenced operations in November, 2009.
We also hold an approximate 12% ownership interest in Pristine Power Inc., a publicly-traded power development company.
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
