- Docket Number
- 97-AFC-02C
- Capacity
- 578 MW
- Location
- Sutter County
- Technology
- Simple Cycle
- Project Status
- Operational (Natural Gas-Fired)
- Project Type
- Application for Certification
The Sutter Energy Center (SEC) is located approximately 7 miles southwest of Yuba City, Sutter County, along South Township Road in a rural area that is surrounded by orchards to the east and rice fields to the west.
SEC was licensed as the Sutter Power Project. Subsequently the facility name changed to Sutter Energy Center. SEC is a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired 578-megawatt (MW) facility consisting of two combustion turbine generators, two heat recovery steam generators with duct burners, and a steam turbine generator.
SEC is inter-connected with the Western Area Power Administration’s 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission system at the O’Banion Substation, which is located approximately 2.3 miles southwest of the SEC site via an aboveground, 3.9-mile-long, 230 kV generator tie-line.
Adjacent and to the east of SEC is a 49.5 MW cogeneration facility called Greenleaf Unit 1 (owned by Starwood Energy Group) that is permitted by Sutter County and operated separately from SEC.
Sutter Energy Center went into cold layup in 2016 and subsequently restarted operations in 2019.
- Modification of Condition of Certification AQ-32
Staff Approval
TN 233923
07/17/2020 - Modification of Air Quality Condition of Certification AQ-32
Commission Approval
Order No. 18-0921-01a
TN 224785
09/24/2018 - Change in Ownership to CCFC Sutter Energy, LLC
Commission Approval
Order No. 13-0827-01b
TN 20041
09/06/2013 - Installation of Grimes Natural Gas Pipeline
Commission Approval
Order 11-1214-06b
TN 63237
12/27/2011 - Transfer of Pipeline Ownership to CPN Pipeline Company
Commission Approval
Order No. 11-1214-06
TN 63148
02/16/2011 - Modification of Air Quality Condition of Certification AQ-32(11)
Commission Approval
Order No. 04-0630-01
TN 31841
07/01/2004 - Combined Greenleaf 1 and Sutter Energy Center Water Treatment System
Staff Approval
TN 233439
04/06/2004 - Modification to Air Quality Conditions of Certification
Commission Approval
Order No. 03-0611-01k
TN 29100
6/18/2003 - Modification of Air Quality Conditions of Certification
Commission Approval
TN 17554
12/21/2000
Order 00-1206-07 - Transfer Ownership to Calpine Construction Financing Co., L. P.
Commission Approval
Not in Docket
04/26/2000
Order 00-0426-01c - Reroute Portion of the Natural Gas Pipeline
Staff Approval
TN 14542
05/02/2000
Attention: You will need to look up the transaction number (TN) in the Compliance Docket Log. Non-hypertext items in the docket indicate that no electronic or hard copy is available or the item was filed confidentially. If you have any questions, please contact the Compliance Project Manager assigned to this project.
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
John Heiser
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916-628-5566
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