California’s Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), one of the nation’s largest municipal utilities, and Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC), a member-owned distribution cooperative in New Mexico have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Lightsource BP, an owner-operator of solar energy assets.
The power purchase agreements (PPAs), comprising 25 megawatts (MWs), will bring locally-generated solar photovoltaic (PV) power to the utilities’ customers over 20+ year terms.
Wildflower Solar I, roughly 16 MW, will be located within SMUD‘s territory and will support SMUD’s popular community solar program, SolarShares. Additionally, SMUD and Lightsource BP are currently exploring the addition of energy storage to the PV system.
In New Mexico, Lightsource BP will develop and construct the project within CDEC’s territory. The co-op will serve this clean energy to its members through its own distribution system.
These projects, along with Lightsource BP’s Mid-Kansas Electric Company solar development, serve as models for public power and cooperative utilities to gain more control of their power resources and serve their members with local, affordable, and clean energy.
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