Docket Number
93-AFC-02
Capacity
171 MW
Location
Sacramento County
Technology
Combined Cycle
Project Status
Operational (Natural Gas-Fired)
Project Type
Application for Certification
Project Description

The Sacramento Financing  Authority’s Procter and Gamble Power Plant (PGPP) is located at 5000 83rd Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County.

PGPP is a 171-megawatt cogeneration facility consisting of two General Electric (GE) LM6000 SPRINT combined-cycle gas turbines, Units 1 and 2, which produce electricity and steam which is used to power a steam turbine for additional electricity production, as well as to supply the adjacent Procter & Gamble (P&G) facility with steam for its production needs. To support its steam production requirements, PGPP also has two Auxiliary Boilers 1A and 1B. In addition to the two combined-cycle units, the facility also includes a simple-cycle gas turbine for peak power production.

PGPP’s existing steam supply contract with P&G requires it to maintain two separate steam generation sources in service at all times. The purpose of auxiliary boilers is to provide sufficient steam and steam backup capacity for the P&G facility processes such that PGPP would not have to run at least one of its combined-cycle turbines at all times.

In July 2021, the project owner was changed from the Sacramento Cogeneration Authority to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Financing Authority and the name of the project changed from Procter and Gamble Cogeneration Project to Procter and Gamble Power Plant.

  • Notice of Post Certification Change Approving Design Changes, Not in Docket, 04/21/1995, Staff approval to change HRSG height, stacks, heat input, CTG stack height, and heat capacity.
  • Order Approving Amendment of Air Quality Condition of Certification 43, TN 6650, 05/02/1995, Order No. 95-0426-06, Commission approval to modify language in Condition of certification AQ-43.
  • Order Approving Change to the Project Description, TN 6652, 05/25/1995, Order No. 95-0315-07 (Part 1 of 2), Commission approval to rearrange the equipment on the original site.
  • Order Approving Amendment of Biological Resources condition of Certification 6, TN 6653, 05/25/1995, Order No. 95-0315-07 (Part 2 of 2), Commission approval to modify the language contained in Condition of Certification BIO-6. Approval grants an extension on the payment of a non-refundable mitigation payment of $100,000. The mitigation payment of the Commission will occur either 10 days prior to the commencement of construction or by August 16, 1995, whichever comes first.
  • Approval of Change in Project Description, TN 2099, 12/28/1995, Staff approval to modify project description in accordance with final design specifications.
  • Order Approving Amendment of Air Quality Conditions of Certification, TN 2257, 02/08/1996, Order No. 96-0117-01b, Commission approval of a two-part petition to modify Air Quality conditions of certification. Part one modifies Air Quality conditions of certification 19, 25, 33, 38, and 39 to allow SCA to substitute the equipment and process for continuous emissions monitoring of ammonia emissions. Part two modifies Air Quality conditions of certification 10 and 11 to recognize an increase in the size of the auxiliary boiler steam generating capacity.
  • Order Granting a Variance for Air Quality Conditions 42 and 43, TN 7883, 01/28/1998, Order No. 97-1217-06, Commission approval of a variance for Conditions of Certification AQ-42 and 43 to allow them to operate the project and still comply with the intent of the language of the conditions.
  • Order Granting a Modification to Transmission Line Safety and Nuisance Condition Six, Not in Docket, 03/04/1998, Order No. 98-0304-07, Commission approval to delete the language from TLSN-6 which requires SCA to obtain an exclusive easement, allowing SCA the option of either obtaining an exclusive easement or, when necessary, obtain a non-exclusive easement.
  • Order Modifying the Language in Air Quality Conditions of Certification 42 and 43, TN 11853, 08/26/1999, Order No. 99-0825-08, Commission approval to modify language in Conditions of Certification AQ-42 and 43 to allow SCA to operate the project and still comply with the intent of the language of the conditions.
  • Approval of Petition to Modify the Language in Air Quality Conditions 10, 11, 12 and 39 and New Condition AQ-44, TN 21076, 06/19/2001, Staff approval to modify Air Quality conditions of certification AQ-10, 11, 12 and 39, and to add Air Quality condition of certification AQ-44 in order to increase the generating capacity by 8 to 10 MW.
  • Order Approving a Petition to Upgrade Three Combustion Turbines, TN 45649, 03/14/2008, Order No. 08-0312-03, Commission approval to upgrade three combustion turbines to lower the turbines' greenhouse gas emissions and natural gas consumption on a per-megawatt-hour basis and raise thermal efficiency. Overall facility output is expected to increase by 22 MW (nominal).
  • Order Approving a Petition to Install a Second Auxiliary Boiler, TN 205706, 08/13/2015, Order No. 15-0708-03, Commission approval to install a second auxiliary boiler and associated facilities to provide more operational flexibility during low electrical demand periods.
  • Order Approving Transfer of Operational Control to EthosEnergy Power Plant Services, LLC, TN 210699, 03/14/2016, Order No. 16-0309-01a, Commission approval of Operational Control transfer from Carson Energy Group to EthosEnergy Power Plant Services, LLC.
  • Authorization to Replace Inlet Air Attemperation Absorption Chillers with a Centrifugal Chiller, Not in Docket, 11/30/2020, Staff approval to replace the installed Inlet Air Attemperation Absorption Chillers with a centrifugal chiller due to significant degradation.
  • Order Approving Petition to Transfer Ownership of a Facility, TN 239696, 09/14/2021, Order No. 21-0908-03, Commission approval of ownership transfer from the Sacramento Cogeneration Authority to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Financing Authority (SFA), a joint powers authority under California law. The name of the project, Procter and Gamble Cogeneration Project, will change to Procter and Gamble Power Plant.

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