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CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION - ENERGY FACILITY STATUS Power Plant Projects Since 1996, Updated: 1/5/2009
	COLOR KEY:
	Operational / On Line
	Approved
	In Review
	On-line date is expected to be delayed beyond the date shown.
	Expected and disclosed
	Planned but undisclosed
	On hold or suspended. According to developers, the new on-line date will be determined when the markets are favorable and financing is available.
	Project approved but cancelled by applicant or approved and license expired before construction began; or proceeding terminated by Commission.

	Projects On Line Arranged by Date On Line	Docket Number	Status	Capacity (MW)	Construction Completed (percent)	Location	Date Approved	Construction Start Date	Original On-Line Date	Actual On-Line Date*
1a	Sunrise - Texaco & Edison Mission E.	98-AFC-4	Operational	320	100	Kern Co.	12/6/00	12/7/00	7/01	6/27/01
2	Sutter - Calpine	97-AFC-2	Operational	540	100	Sutter Co.	4/14/99	7/1/99	7/01	7/2/01
3	Los Medanos (Pittsburg) - Calpine	98-AFC-1	Operational	555	100	Contra Costa	8/17/99	9/17/99	7/01	7/9/01
4	Wildflower Larkspur - Intergen	01-EP-1	Operational	90	100	San Diego Co.	4/4/01	4/5/01	7/01	7/16/01
5	Wildflower Indigo 1,2&3 - Intergen	01-EP-2	Operational	135	100	Riverside Co.	4/4/01	4/5/01	7/01-9/01	7/26-9/10/01
6	Drews - Alliance	01-EP-5	Operational	40	100	San Bernardino	4/25/01	4/26/01	9/01	8/15/01
7	Hanford - GWF	01-EP-7	Operational	95	100	Kings Co.	5/10/01	5/11/01	9/01	9/1/01
8	Century - Alliance	01-EP-4	Operational	40	100	San Bernardino	4/25/01	4/26/01	9/01	9/15/01
9	Escondido - Calpeak	01-EP-10	Operational	49.5	100	San Diego Co.	6/6/01	6/7/01	9/01	9/30/01
10	Border - Calpeak	01-EP-14	Operational	49.5	100	San Diego Co.	7/11/01	7/12/01	9/01	10/26/01
	Subtotal On Line 2001			1,914
11	Gilroy I, Units 1,2&3 - Calpine	01-EP-8	Operational	135	100	Santa Clara Co.	5/21/01	5/22/01	9/01	Units 1&2: 1/29/02 Unit 3: 2/20/02
12	King City - Calpine	01-EP-6	Operational	50	100	Monterey Co.	5/2/01	5/3/01	9/01	1/14/02
13	Delta - Calpine	98-AFC-3	Operational	887	100	Contra Costa	2/9/00	4/1/00	7/02	5/10/02
14	Henrietta Peaker - GWF	01-AFC-18	Operational	96	100	Kings Co.	3/7/02	3/8/02	6/02	7/1/02
15	Moss Landing Unit 1 & 2 - Duke	99-AFC-4	Operational	1,060	100	Monterey Co.	10/25/00	11/28/00	6/02	7/11/02
16	Huntington Beach Unit 3 & 4 - AES	00-AFC-13	Operational	450	100	Orange Co.	5/10/01	5/31/01	11/01	Unit 3: 7/31/02 Unit 4: 8/7/03
17a	Valero Cogen. Unit 1	01-AFC-5	Operational	51	100	Solano Co.	10/31/01	11/5/01	6/02	10/18/02
	Subtotal On Line 2002			2,729
18	La Paloma - PG&E Natl. Units 1, 2, 3 & 4	98-AFC-2	Operational	1,124	100	Kern Co.	10/6/99	1/1/00	3/02	Units 1&2: 1/10/03 Units 3&4: 3/7/03
19	Los Esteros 1 - Calpine Units 1, 2, 3 & 4	01-AFC-12	Operational	180	100	Santa Clara Co.	7/2/02 Recertified 3/16/05 Under docket 03-AFC-2	7/8/02	5/03	3/7/03
20	High Desert - Constellation	97-AFC-1	Operational	830	100	San Bernardino	5/3/00	5/1/01	7/03	4/22/03
21	Tracy Peaker - GWF	01-AFC-16	Operational	169	100	San Joaquin Co.	7/17/02	7/22/02	4/03	6/1/03
1b	Sunrise Comb. Cycle - Texaco & Mission (amendment to application: 98-AFC-4)	98-AFC-4C	Operational	265	100	Kern Co.	11/19/01	12/21/01	6/03	6/1/03
22	Woodland II Combined Cycle - Modesto Irrigation District	01-SPPE-1	Operational	80	100	Stanislaus Co	9/19/01	2/21/02	5/03	6/6/03
23	Blythe I - Blythe Energy, LLC	99-AFC-8	Operational	520	100	Riverside Co.	3/21/01	4/27/01	4/03	7/15/03
24	Elk Hills - Sempra & Oxy	99-AFC-1	Operational	500	100	Kern Co.	12/6/00	6/8/01	12/02	7/24/03
	Subtotal On Line 2003			3,668
	Subtotal On Line 2004			0
25	Von Raesfeld Power Plant Project (Formerly Pico Power) Combined Cycle - Silicon Valley Power	02-AFC-3	Operational	147	100	Santa Clara Co.	9/9/03	9/10/03	12/04	3/24/2005
26	Pastoria Phase 1, Unit 1, 2 & 3 - Calpine	99-AFC-7	Operational	750	99	Kern Co.	12/20/00	10/3/01	1/03	Unit 1: 5/4/05 Units 2&3: 7/5/05
27	Metcalf - Calpine	99-AFC-3	Operational	600	100	Santa Clara Co.	9/24/01	1/15/02	7/03	5/27/05
28	Kings River Conservation Dist. Peaker	03-SPPE-2	Operational	97	100	Fresno Co.	5/19/04	11/04	5/05	9/19/05
29	Magnolia - SoCal Power Authority	01-AFC-6	Operational	328	100	Los Angeles Co.	3/5/03	7/21/03	5/05	9/22/05
30	Malburg - City of Vernon Combined Cycle	01-AFC-25	Operational	134	100	Los Angeles Co.	5/20/03	9/11/03	11/05	10/17/05
31a	Mountainview Units 3 & 4 - SCE	00-AFC-2	Operational	1,056	100	San Bernardino	3/21/01	9/1/01, resumed 3/15/04	6/03	Unit 3: 12/9/05 Unit 4: 1/19/06
	Subtotal On Line 2005			3,112
32	SMUD Cosumnes Combined Cycle Phase 1 - SMUD	01-AFC-19	Operational	500	100	Sacramento Co.	9/9/03	9/17/03	6/05	2/24/06
33	Walnut Energy Center - Turlock Irrigation District	02-AFC-4	Operational	250	100	Stanislaus Co	2/18/04	3/15/04	4/06	2/28/06
34	Palomar Escondido - Sempra	01-AFC-24	Operational	546	100	San Diego Co.	8/6/03	6/1/04	3/06	4/1/06
35	Riverside Energy Resource Center Units 1 & 2 - City of Riverside	04-SPPE-1	Operational	96	100	Riverside Co.	12/15/04	2/23/05	6/05	Unit 1: 6/1/06 Unit 2: 7/26/2006
36	Ripon Simple Cycle - MID	03-SPPE-1	Operational	95	100	San Joaquin Co.	2/4/04	10/4/04, Restart 4/1/05	4/05	6/21/06
	Subtotal On Line 2006			1,487
37	Bottle Rock Geothermal - U.S. Renewables Group	79-AFC-4C Amendment	Operational	17	100	Lake Co.	12/13/06	12/19/06	6/07	10/1/07
38	Roseville Combined Cycle - Roseville	03-AFC-1	Operational	160	100	Placer Co.	4/13/05	8/18/05	12/07	11/5/07
	Subtotal On Line 2007			177
39	Niland Peaker - Imperial Irrigation District	06-SPPE-1	Operational	93	100	Imperial Co.	10/11/06	6/25/07	5/08	5/29/08/
	Subtotal On Line 2008			93
	ON-LINE TOTAL			13,180

	Approved / Under Construction (Arranged By On-Line Date)	Docket Number	Status	Capacity (MW)	Construction Completed (percent)	Location	Date Approved	Construction Start Date	Original On-Line Date	Current On-Line Date*
1	Inland Empire Comb Cycle - GE & Calpine {5}	01-AFC-17	Under Construction	800	92 Unit 2 delayed	Riverside Co.	12/17/03	8/29/05	12/05	Unit 1: 1/09 unit 2: 7/09
2	Gateway - PG&E (formerly Contra Costa - Mirant)	00-AFC-1	Under Construction	530	96	Contra Costa	5/30/01	8/30/01 Resumed 2/2007	8/03	2/09
3	Starwood Midway Firebaugh/Panoche - Starwood Power-Midway LLC	06-AFC-10	Under Construction	120	25	Fresno Co.	1/16/08	9/23/08	6/09	5/09
4	EIF Panoche - Energy Investors Fund	06-AFC-5	Under Construction	400	64	Fresno Co.	12/19/07	2/15/08	11/09	8/09
5	Otay Mesa - Calpine	99-AFC-5	Under Construction	590	74	San Diego Co.	4/18/01	Began 9/10/01 Restart 6/21/04 Resumed 5/1/07	7/03	10/09
6	Humboldt Bay Generating Station - PG&E	06-AFC-7	Under Construction	163	4	Humboldt Co.	9/24/08	10/11/08	8/09	4/10
7	Colusa Generation Station - E&L Westcoast	06-AFC-9	Under Construction	60	9	Colusa Co.	4/23/08	7/28/08	5/10	10/10
	Approved and Under Construction Subtotal			3,263
	Approved / Not Under Construction (Arranged By On-Line Date)	Docket Number	Status	Capacity (MW)	Construction Completed (percent)	Location	Date Approved	Construction Start Date	Original On-Line Date	Current On-Line Date*
1	Blythe I Transmission Line - Blythe Energy, LLC	99-AFC-8C	Pre-construction	230 kV Transmission Line	0	Riverside Co.	10/11/06	2/09	6/07	2009
2	City of Victorville Hybrid (513 MW gas, 50 MW solar)	07-AFC-1	Pre-construction	563	0	San Bernardino Co.	7/16/08	4/09	8/10	11/10
3	Russell City - Calpine & GE	01-AFC-7	On Hold	600	0	Alameda Co.	9/11/02 Amendment to relocate site 10/3/07	9/09	12/04	6/12
4	El Centro Unit 3 Repower - Imperial Irrigation District{7} Expansion project	06-SPPE-2	On Hold	85	0	Imperial Co.	1/3/07	11/08	5/09	On Hold
5	Morro Bay - L.S. Power {1}	00-AFC-12	On Hold	1,200	0	San Luis Obispo	8/2/2004 Note:Commission decision not finalized pending NPDS permit.	On Hold	On Hold	On Hold
6	Tesla Combined Cycle - FPL/td>	01-AFC-21	On Hold	1,120	0	Alameda Co.	6/16/04	On Hold	On Hold	On Hold
7	El Segundo Repower - Dynegy/NRG {2}	00-AFC-14	On Hold	630	0	Los Angeles Co.	2/2/05	On Hold Construction pending dry cooling amendment	4/07	On Hold
8	Los Esteros 2 Combined Cycle - Calpine	03-AFC-2	On Hold	140	0	Santa Clara Co.	10/11/06	?		On Hold
9	Pastoria Phase 2 Expansion Project - simple cycle addition - Calpine	05-AFC-1	On Hold	160	0	Kern Co.	11/8/06	?		On Hold
10	Walnut Creek Energy Park - Edison Mission Energy	05-AFC-2	On Hold	500	0	Los Angeles Co.	2/27/08	9/09	?	On Hold
11	San Joaquin Valley Energy Center - Calpine	01-AFC-22	On Hold	1,087	0	Fresno Co.	1/14/04	On Hold	1/06	On Hold
12	East Altamont - Calpine	01-AFC-4	On Hold	1,100	0	Alameda Co.	8/20/03	8/11	7/05	On Hold
13	Salton Sea Geothermal {4}	02-AFC-2	On Hold	215	0	Imperial Co.	12/17/03	12/08	1/06	On Hold
14	San Francisco Reliability Project - City of SF	04-AFC-1	On Hold	145	0	San Francisco	10/3/06	On Hold	12/08	On Hold
15	Blythe II Combined Cycle - Blythe Energy, LLC	02-AFC-1	On Hold	520	0	Riverside Co.	12/14/05	?		On Hold
	Subtotal Approved and "Available" for Construction			8,065
A	Three Mountain - Covanta	99-AFC-2	Approval Expired 5/16/06	500	0	Shasta Co.	5/16/01	n/a	12/03	Approval Expired 5/16/06
B	Western Midway-Sunset - Mission	99-AFC-9	Approval Expired	500	0	Kern Co.	3/21/01	n/a	7/03	Approval Expired 3/21/06
C	United Golden Gate Phase 1 - El Paso	00-AFC-5	Approval Expired	51	0	San Mateo Co.	3/7/01	n/a	7/01	Approval Expired
D	Pegasus Energy - Delta Power	01-EP-9	Cancelled	181	0	San Bernardino	6/6/01	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
E	Chula Vista 2 - Ramco	01-EP-3	Cancelled	62	0	San Diego Co.	6/13/01	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
F	Hanford Energy Park - GWF {3}	00-SPPE-1	Cancelled	99	0	Kings Co.	4/11/01	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
G	Valero Cogen. Unit 2 (see Unit 1 - # 17a in "On Line" section)	01-AFC-5	Not built and License Expired	51	37	Solano Co.	10/31/01	11/5/01	12/02	Not built and License Expired
	Subtotal Approved but Will Not Be Built			1,444
	Subtotal Approved AND Not Under Construction			9,509
	APPROVED TOTAL			25,952

	Projects Not Approved	Docket Number	Process	Capacity (MW)	Project Type	Location	Date Filed	Decision Date
	Eastshore Energy Center - Eastshore Energy, LLC / Tierra Energy	06-AFC-6	12-mo. AFC	116	Brown Field	Alameda Co.	9/22/06	PROJECT DENIED 10/8/08
	DENIED TOTAL			116

	Projects in Review (Arranged By Estimated Decision Date)	Docket Number	Process	Capacity (MW)	Project Type	Location	Date Filed	Estimated Decision Date		Estimated On-line Date**
1	El Segundo Power Redevelopment Projects (Dry Cooling Amendment) - NRG	00-AFC-14C	Amendment	[560] MW included under 200-AFC-14 approved 2/2/05	Brown Field	Los Angeles Co.	6/22/07	1/09		6/10
2	Orange Grove Energy - J Power USA	08-AFC-4	AFC	96	Green Field	San Diego Co.	6/19/08	1/09
3	Riverside Energy Resource Center Expansion, Units 3&4 - City of Riverside	2008-SPPE-1	SPPE	96	Expansion	Riverside Co.	3/19/08	1/09		5/10
4	Sentinel Peaker - Competitive Power Ventures (CPV)	07-AFC-3	12-mo. AFC	850	Green Field	Riverside Co.	6/26/07	1/09		7/10
5	MMC Chula Vista Expansion - MMC Energy Inc.	07-AFC-4	12-mo. AFC	100	Brown Field	San Diego Co.	8/10/07	2/09		12/09
6	Carlsbad - NRG	07-AFC-6	12-mo. AFC	558	Brown Field	San Diego Co.	9/14/07	3/09		7/10
7	San Gabriel Generating Station - Reliant	07-AFC-2	12-mo. AFC	656	Brown Field	San Bernardino Co.	4/13/07	3/09		7/10
8	Highgrove Grand Terrace Peaker - AES	06-AFC-2	6/12-mo. AFC	300	Expansion	San Bernardino	5/25/06	4/09		Unknown
9	Sun Valley Energy Project (simple cycle/peaker) - Edison Mission Energy	05-AFC-3	12-mo. AFC	500	Green Field	Riverside Co.	12/1/05	4/09		10/10
10	Southeast Region Energy Project - City of Vernon	06-AFC-4	12-mo. AFC	943	Brown Field	Los Angeles Co.	6/30/06	4/09		Unknown
11	Community Power Plant - Kings River Conservation District	07-AFC-7	12-mo. AFC	565	Green Field	Fresno Co.	9/27/07	4/09		6/11
12	Carrizo Energy Solar Farm - Carrizo Energy, LLC	07-AFC-8	12-mo. AFC	177	Green Field	San Luis Obispo Co.	10/25/07	4/09		5/10 to 3/12 phased on line
13	Canyon Power Plant - Southern California Power Authority	07-AFC-9	12-mo. AFC	200	Brown Field	Orange Co.	12/28/07	4/09		6/10
14	Ivanpah Solar Tower, Solar Partners/Brightsource	07-AFC-5	12-mo. AFC	400	Green Field	San Bernardino Co.	8/31/07	5/09		12/10 to 12/12 phased online
15	Avenal Energy - Avenal Power Center LLC	08-AFC-1	12-month AFC	600	Green Field	Kings Co.	2/21/08	5/09		Unknown
16	Beacon Solar Energy Project - Beacon Solar LLC	2008-AFC2	12-Mon. AFC	250	Green Field	Kern County	3/14/08	5/09		10/11
17	SES Solar Two - SES Solar Two LLC	08-AFC-5	12-mo. AFC	750	Green Field	Imperial Co.	6/30/08	6/09
18	Tracy Combined Cycle Power Plant - GWF Energy, LLC	08-AFC-7	12-mo. AFC	145	Brown Field	San Joaquin Co.	7/18/08	9/09		3/11
19	Marsh Landing - Marsh Landing LLC	08-AFC-3	AFC	930	Brown Field	Contra Costa Co.	5/30/08	10/09
20	Willow Pass Generating Station - Mirant	08-AFC-6	12-mo. AFC	550	Brown Field	Contra Costa Co.	6/30/08	10/09		7/12
21	Hybrid Gas-Solar - City of Palmdale (567 MW gas, 50 MW solar)	08-AFC-9	12-mo. AFC	617	Green Field	Los Angeles Co.	8/4/08	10/09		2013
22	Lodi Energy Center - Northern California Power Authority	08-AFC-10	12-mo. AFC	255	Green Field	San Joaquin Co.	9/10/08	11/09		2012
23	Hanford Combined-Cycle Power Plant (Hanford Energy Peaker Project Expansion) - GWF Energy LLC	01-EP-7C	Major Amendment	55	Expansion Amendment	Kings Co.	10/1/08	10/2009
24	CPV Vaca-Station - CPV Vacaville LLC	08-AFC-11	12-month AFC	660	Green Field	Solano Co.	11/18/08	11/2009
25	San Joaquin Solar 1 & 2 (solar thermal & biomass hybrid) - San Joaquin Solar LLC	08-AFC-12	12-month AFC	106.8	Green Field	Fresno Co.	11/26/08	12/2009		5/2011
26	SES Solar One - SES Solar One LLC/Stirling Energy (solar Sterling engine)	08-AFC-13	12-month AFC	850	Green Field	San Bernardino Co.	12/2/08	12/09		2014
a	Hydrogen Energy California - Hydrogen Energy International LLC	08-AFC-8	12-mo. AFC	[390]	Brown Field	Kern Co.	7/31/08	Suspended		Suspended
	UNDER REVIEW TOTAL			11,233.8