Sempra unit selects Idaho site for proposed 600-MW coal plant
San Francisco (Platts)--28Apr2005
Sempra Generation has selected a site in Jerome County, Idaho, for the development of a proposed $1-bil, 600-MW coal-fired power plant, the Sempra Energy subsidiary said. The Idaho Valley Project would be located on a 640 acre site, about nine miles northeast of the City of Jerome and approximately three miles east of Highway 93. The company has optioned sufficient groundwater to meet the plant's total demand of 7,600 acre-feet per year, it said. The project would be a zero-wastewater-discharge facility, thereby helping to minimize impacts to the environment, said Sempra. The facility would also utilize the best available air-emissions-control technology to ensure that emissions are at or below levels allowed under federal and state air-quality regulations. As part of a two-and-a-half-year permitting process, Sempra Generation, through a special-purpose subsidiary named Idaho Valley LLC, plans to conduct detailed studies on air emissions, noise, visual impacts, economic benefits and other issues of interest to the community. This story was originally published in Platts Electricity Alert http://www.electricityalert.platts.com
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