U.S. wholesale energy provider Southern Power has secured two 20-year power-purchase agreements from Southern California Edison (SCE).
Under the terms of the contract, Southern Power will add battery-based energy storage at both Southern Power’s Tranquillity Solar Facility and Garland Solar Facility in California. These will be two of the first co-located solar and storage projects operating in the California market, according to Bill Grantham, president of Southern Power.
The projects will contribute 88 megawatts of energy storage at the Garland Solar Facility in Kern County and 72 megawatts to the Tranquillity Solar Facility in Fresno County.
“We’re excited to be a part of the effort to enhance California’s grid reliability,” noted Grantham. “The addition of these storage resources to our clean energy portfolio is a great strategic fit for our business and will further position Southern Power to meet our customers’ needs as the energy industry co