Present agreements and contracts will be bundled and increased, six in total will be affected and the grid will go from 118 to 175 MW. Recently PG&E had an agreement with Western Geopower of Canada canceled. The agreement was for 25.5 MW of geothermal power. The utility will also now be able to meet its target of 20% renewable power mandated in California for the future (2010).
"This agreement marks a major milestone toward meeting California's renewable standard," said Fong Wan, vice president of energy procurement at PG&E. "PG&E already provides our customers with some of the cleanest energy in the nation and we will continue to aggressively add more renewables to our portfolio."
Calpine currently generates 725 MW of geothermal power, of which 375 will got to PG&E with the rest going to Southern California Edison. The deal will start in September 2008.
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