- Docket Number
- 00-AFC-14
- Capacity
- 560 MW
- Location
- Los Angeles County
- Technology
- Combined Cycle
- Project Status
- Operational (Natural Gas-Fired)
- Project Type
- Application for Certification
The El Segundo Energy Center (ESEC) facility is located at 301 Vista Del Mar Blvd., at the southernmost city limit of the city of El Segundo on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between Dockweiler State Beach and the city of Manhattan Beach. ESEC is less than 0.25 mile south of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Scattergood Generating Station, and approximately 0.5 mile south of the City of Los Angeles’ Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant.
ESEC is a nominal 560-megawatt (MW), natural gas-fired, combined-cycle electric generating facility. Southern California Edison previously owned and operated a power plant at this location.
A Change of Operator application was submitted to transfer ownership from SCE to NRG in 1998.
In 2000, ESEC submitted applications to the California Energy Commission (CEC) for permits to construct the El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project. As part of the proposed redevelopment project, Units 1 and 2 were to be demolished and replaced with two combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT). The CEC issued its Commission Decision in 2005 approving the El Segundo project. The El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project was not contracted by a load serving entity at that time; therefore, demolition of Units 1 and 2 and construction of the El Segundo project did not commence following the permit approvals.
In 2007, ESEC submitted a Petition to Amend the CEC Commission Decision to modify the El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project from a two-on-one (2x1) CCGT that relied on ocean cooling to two 1x1 CCGTs that incorporate fast-start capabilities and that would rely on air-cooling. The El Segundo project’s proposed capacity decreased from 647 MW to 573 MW and the gas turbines changed from General Electric 7FA to fast-start, air-cooled Siemens SGT6-5000 F. The petition was approved on June 30, 2010.
On August 13, 2008 ownership and operational control of the project was transferred from El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project to El Segundo Energy Center, LLC (ESEC).
On August 8, 2012, a petition was approved to rename the project EI Segundo Power Redevelopment Project, to the EI Segundo Energy Center project.
- Order Disapproving Petition to Modify Condition of Certification BIO-1, TN 35865, 11/10/2005, Order No. 05-1103-06, Commission Order disapproving petition to modify Condition of Certification BIO-1.
- Order Approving Transfer of Ownership to El Segundo Energy Center, LLC, TN 47578, 08/15/2008, Order No. 08-0813-07, Commission order approving transfer ownership and operational control of the El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project to El Segundo Energy Center, LLC.
- Order Approving a Petition to Amend the El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project, TN 57481, 07/08/2010, Order No. 10-0630-02, Amendment decision approving construction and operation of the ESPRP to allow the elimination of once-through cooling and to allow the use of dry cooling.
- Order Approving a Petition to Modify the Range Of Ammonia Injection Rates, Eliminate a Venturi Scrubber, and Change The Project Name, Not in Docket, Order No. 12-0808-04, Commission order approving modification of the range of ammonia injection rates, eliminate a venturi scrubber, eliminate the ammonia pipeline and change the project name to El Segundo Energy Center.
- Order Approving a Petition to Modify the Air Quality Conditions of Certification to Define/Clarify Turbine Startup/Restarts and Other Administrative Changes, TN 203551, 01/22/2015, Order No. 15-0114-02, Commission order approving modification of Unit 5 & 7 Air Quality conditions of certification to define and clarify turbine startup/restart requirements and to make additional administrative changes to commissioning, initial operation and initial testing.
- Notice of Determination for Approval to Replace Thermal Insulation on Steam Turbine Casings and to Install Weatherization Enclosures, TN 214221, 10/28/2016, Staff approval to replace thermal-insulation on steam turbine casings and to install weatherization enclosures over the steam turbines.
- Notice of Determination for Approval to perform necessary upgrades to gas combustion turbines Units 5 and 7, TN 221912, 12/06/2017, Staff approval to install enhanced hardware to the combustor and turbine sections of gas turbines Units 5 and 7 as well as optimization of the turbine control logic.
Attention: Non-hypertext items above will need to be requested from the Compliance Project Manager, along with the document TN number, if provided above.
Power Plant Certification and Exemption Processes
The CEC has the exclusive authority to certify all thermal power plants 50 megawatts (MW) and larger and related facilities proposed for construction in California. The Application for Certification (AFC) process is a certified regulatory program under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As a certified regulatory program, the CEC does not prepare environmental impact reports (EIRs) in an AFC proceeding, but instead prepares environmental assessment documents that are functionally equivalent to EIRs. A certificate issued by the CEC is in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document otherwise required by any state, local or regional agency, or federal agency to the extent permitted by federal law, and supersedes any applicable statute, ordinance, or regulation of any state, local, or regional agency, or federal agency to the extent permitted by federal law.
Original Proceeding
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Contacts
Project Manager
Joseph Douglas
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916-956-9527
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