- Project Owner
- AltaGas San Joaquin Energy, Inc.
- Docket Number
- 01-EP-07
- Capacity
- 95 MW
- Location
- Kings County
- Technology
- Simple Cycle
- Project Status
- Operational (Natural Gas-Fired)
- Project Type
- Emergency Peaker
The Hanford Energy Park Emergency Peaker Project (HEPP) is facility located approximately three miles south of the City of Hanford, Kings County.
The HEPP is a 95-megawatt natural-gas fired simple-cycle peaking facility consisting of two aero-derivative General Electric LM6000 combustion turbine-generator sets operating in simple-cycle mode equipped with dry, low oxides of nitrogen combustors and steam injection capability. The HEPP presently uses up to 150 acre-feet per year of groundwater from a well located on the project owner’s adjacent cogeneration plant for plant cooling and other uses.
On March 24, 2010, the California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a Post-Certification Amendment (PCA) (TN 56497) amending the license to allow the conversion of the GWF Hanford Peaker to a combined-cycle facility known as the GWF Hanford Combined-Cycle Power Project. The project was never converted.
On November 17, 2014, the CEC approved a PCA (TN 203379) requesting the revocation of the 2010 Amended Final Decision for the GWF Henrietta Combined-Cycle Power Plant, and the reinstatement and extension of the original 2001 Hanford Energy Park Emergency Peaker Project certification.
Order Approving a Petition to Convert the Hanford Energy Park Peaker Project to the GWF Hanford Combined-Cycle Power Plant, TN 56497, 04/29/2010, Order No. 10-0324-02, Commission approval to allow conversion of the facility to the GWF Hanford Combined-Cycle Power Plant.
Not in Docket, Order No. 12-0411-05, Commission approval of authority to operate extension pursuant to the terms and conditions of their certifications for the life of the project.
Order Approving Transfer of Operational Control to Star West Generation Management Company, TN 202591, 06/25/2014, Order No. 14-0618-01c, Commission approval to transfer operational control from GWF Energy, LLC to Star West Generation Management Company, an affiliate of GWF Energy, LLC.
Order Approving the Revocation of the 2010 Amended Final Decision and the reinstatement and extension of the original 2001 Certification, TN 203379, 11/26/2014, Order No. 14-1117-04, Commission approval revoking 2010 Amended Final Decision for the GWF Hanford Combined-Cycle Power Plant and the reinstatement and extension of the original Hanford Energy Park Peaker Project certification.
Order Approving Transfer of Ownership to AltaGas San Joaquin Energy Inc. and Operational Control to AltaGas Tracy Operations Inc., TN 211148, 04/20/2016, Order No. 16-0413-01b, Commission approval to transfer ownership from GWF Energy, LLC to AltaGas San Joaquin Energy Inc. Transfer operational control from GWF Energy, LLC to AltaGas Tracy Operations Inc.
Notice of Staff Approval to Change Operational Control, TN 227201, 03/01/2019, Staff approval to change operational control of the facility from AltaGas Tracy Operations Inc to MRP San Joaquin Energy LLC.
Notice of Staff Approval. TN 242883, 4/29/2022, Staff approval to install an interconnection to the adjacent BESS project.
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.
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Contacts
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