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14th December 2016, 05:08 PM
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Phoenix AZ Power Grid
I want to get the details of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Power Grid Station, Phoenix AZ so can you provide me?
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14th December 2016, 05:28 PM
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Re: Phoenix AZ Power Grid
The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant is located about 45 miles due west of downtown Phoenix, Arizona It is the largest power plant in the United States by net generation. Its average electric power production is about 3.3 gigawatts (GW) The Arizona Public Service Company (APS) owns 29.1 percent of the station and it also operates this power plant. Its other major owners include the - Salt River Project (17.5%) The El Paso Electric Company (15.8%) Southern California Edison (15.8%) PNM Resources (10.2%) The Southern California Public Power Authority (5.9%) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (5.7%) Power generation- Units operational 3,875 MW (three reactors) Nameplate capacity 3,942 MW Capacity factor 98% Average generation 29,250 GWh It is the only large nuclear power plant in the world that is not located near a large body of water. This nuclear power plant is a major source of electric power for the densely populated parts of Southern Arizona and Southern California, e.g. the Phoenix-Scottsdale, and Tucson, Arizona, Los Angeles, and San Diego metropolitan areas. |