- Project Owner
- Sunrise Power Company LLC
- Docket Number
- 98-AFC-04C
- Capacity
- 585 MW
- Location
- Kern County
- Technology
- Simple Cycle
- Project Status
- Operational (Natural Gas-Fired)
- Project Type
- Application for Certification
The Sunrise Power Project (Sunrise) is located at 12857 Sunrise Power Road in Fellows, Kern County, California, approximately 35 miles southwest of Bakersfield.
Sunrise is a 585-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power plant consisting of two 160 MW (nominal) General Electric Frame 7FA, natural gas-fired combustion turbine generators (CTG1 and CTG2) equipped with Dry Low NOx (DLN) combustors, two heat recovery steam generators with duct firing, one steam turbine generator, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and oxidation catalyst for CTG1 and CTG2.
On November 19, 2001, the CEC approved a petition (TN 23190) allowing the expansion of Sunrise to a 585 MW combined-cycle power plant. In accordance with Executive Order D-25-01 of Governor (Gray Davis) of the State of California, dated February 8, 2001, the petition was processed as a project amendment rather than as a new application for certification. Construction on the project commenced on December 21, 2001, and the newly reconfigured combined-cycle plant commenced operation in June 1, 2003.
- Replacement of Continuous Emission Monitoring System Analyzers TN 238804 Submitted 07/12/2021
- Installation of New T1 Communication Line TN 207312 Submitted 01/14/2016
- Modification of Air Quality Conditions of Certification TN 65689 Submitted 06/11/2012 (Order No. 12-0411-04)
- Final Water Mitigation Report and Verification Change for Condition of Certification Soil & Water-4 TN 29309 Submitted 07/11/2003
- Modification of Air Quality Conditions of Certification TN 28557 Submitted 04/17/2003 (Order No. 03-0416-01c)
- Modification of Interconnection at PG&E Midway Buttonwillow Substation in Kern County TN 28151 Submitted 02/04/2003
- Modification of Air Quality Condition of Certification AQ-17 TN 26506 Submitted 08/20/2002 (Order No. 02-0814-01b)
- Expansion of Construction Laydown Area TN 24570 Submitted 02/15/2002
- Increase of Simple-Cycle Operation for Baseload Operations to December 31, 2003 TN 23481 Submitted 12/14/2001 (Order No. 01-1205-02)
- Conversion from Simple-Cycle to Combined-Cycle TN 23190 Submitted 11/26/2001 (Order No. 01-1119-01)
- Addition of 2.5-mile Underground Pipeline and Two Injection Wells TN 21883 Submitted 08/16/2001 (Order No. 01-0808-02)
- Ownership Transfer Sunrise Power Company, LLC TN 21202 Submitted 06/29/2001 (Order No. 01-0510-02)
- Modifications of Air Quality Conditions of Certification AQ-10, 14 and 15 TN 23604 Submitted 12/27/2001
- Wastewater Recycling Disposal Option Revised in Condition of Certification GEO-3 TN 21592 Submitted 07/17/2001
- Minor Relocation of Natural Gas Pipeline TN 18846 Submitted 03/01/2001
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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