On October 26, 2016, Stanton Energy Reliability Center, LLC (SERC, LLC), (applicant) filed an application for certification (16-AFC-01) to construct and operate an electrical reliability and generating facility in the city of Stanton, California. As proposed, the Stanton Energy Reliability Center (Stanton or project) would be located at 10711 Dale Avenue, situated on two parcels with a combined area of 3.978 acres. The facility would consist of two Hybrid EGT™ General Electric LM6000-based Electric Gas Turbines. (Hybrid EGT™ refers to the LM6000 PC Hybrid EGT jointly developed by General Electric International, Inc. (GE) and Wellhead Power Solutions.) The EGT combines a combustion gas turbine with a 10 megawatt (MW) integrated battery storage component operated by a proprietary software system. Stanton would also feature technology that allows the facility to provide synchronous condensing capabilities for voltage support to the electrical grid when needed. In total, Stanton would provide 98 MW of net generation capacity. The battery storage system would allow the facility to provide reactive power and grid support without the combustion turbine generators (CTGs) operating simultaneously. The battery systems would provide an instantaneous response, allowing the CTGs to start-up and come up to speed to then provide grid support and energy. It is not anticipated that the batteries and CTGs would both be on- line at the same time.
This Final Staff Assessment (FSA) contains California Energy Commission staff’s independent and objective evaluation of the proposed Stanton Energy Reliability Center project. The FSA examines engineering, environmental, public health and safety, and environmental justice aspects of the proposed project, based on the information provided by the applicant, government agencies, interested parties, independent research, and other sources available at the time the FSA was prepared. The FSA contains analyses similar to those normally contained in a Final Environmental Impact Report required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
