Power purchase arrangement will supply Cal Water with twenty years of on-site dispersed solar energy at essential Bakersfield District treatment center
Renewable resource produced by the solar selection is expected to lower grid energy expenses by around $ 1.7 million over the regard to the arrangement
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., July 23, 2025/ PRNewswire/– EDPR NA Dispersed Generation LLC (EDPR NA DG), the dispersed generation service of EDP Renewables The United States And Canada LLC (EDPR NA), and California Water Service ( Cal Water) have actually signed a 20-year power purchase arrangement (PPA) for a 1.75 MWac/ 2.35 MWdc onsite solar photovoltaic (PV) selection at Cal Water’s Northeast Bakersfield Treatment Plant. The collaboration is developed to lower the energy’s long-lasting ecological footprint.
Cal Water and EDPR NA DG anticipate the system to produce around 3,800 megawatt-hours of renewable resource each year. The renewable resource produced by the solar selection is expected to lower grid energy expenses by around $ 1.7 million over the regard to the arrangement, based upon present electrical rates for clients in the Bakersfield District, among Cal Water’s biggest service locations.
” At Cal Water, we are devoted to being an accountable ecological steward, and partnering with EDPR NA DG will assist us lower standard power expenses, reach our science-aligned greenhouse gas emissions decrease targets, and boost sustainability,” stated Marty Kropelnicki, Cal Water Chairman and CEO. “We anticipate bringing this brand-new onsite solar selection online, which is a crucial action for us to continue offering safe, trusted, and economical water service to our clients for years to come.”
“ California is a nationwide tidy energy leader due to the fact that of companies like Cal Water, which focus on supporting renewable resource financial investments,” stated João Barreto, EDPR NA Dispersed Generation CEO. “This collaboration shows the ever-increasing merging of the water-energy nexus, and the significance of financial investment in essential facilities throughout California“
EDPR NA and EDPR NA DG have actually been actively taken part in California for more than twenty years, establishing utility-scale and distributed-scale solar tasks to support the state’s growing energy need. EDPR NA runs 1,138 MW of tidy energy properties in California powering the equivalent of 451,000 homes. EDPR NA DG’s portfolio in California covers more than 180 tasks, consisting of 75 MWac/81 MWdc in operation. In Might 2024, EDPR NA revealed the conclusion the 200 MW Scarlet II Solar Power Park in Fresno County, California Scarlet II follows EDPR NA’s Scarlet I Solar power Park ( Scarlet I), including 200 MW of solar and 40 MW/160 MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS), which attained industrial operation in 2024.
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- EDPR NA DG: Truth Sheet
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- EDPR NA (Utility-Scale Jobs) in California: Truth Sheet
About California Water Service
California Water Service supplies top quality, trusted water energy services to more than 2.1 million individuals statewide through 499,400 service connections. Cal Water’s function is to boost the lifestyle for clients and neighborhoods. To do so, it invests properly in water and wastewater facilities, sustainability efforts, and neighborhood wellness. The business’s 1,200 staff members live by a set of strong core worths and share a dedication to safeguarding the world, looking after individuals, and running with the utmost stability. The energy has actually been called among “America’s Many Accountable Business” and among the “World’s Many Reliable Business” by Newsweek, a U.S.A. Leading Office, and a Fantastic Location to Work ®. More info is readily available at www.calwater.com.
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About EDPR NA Dispersed Generation
At EDPR NA Dispersed Generation LLC, speeding up the adoption and success of dispersed generation is at the core of our objective. EDPR NA DG supplies advanced ingenious renewable resource services to the whole North American area. Developed on enduring relationships with designers, power generators, business buyers, towns, and regional neighborhoods, EDPR NA DG provides a complete suite of offerings varying from funding and advancement to building and operation of energy and storage properties poised to scale. To date, EDPR NA DG has an operating capability of 345 megawatts (MW) throughout 546 active websites.
For more details, go to www.edprnadg.com and follow us on LinkedIn
About EDP Renewables The United States And Canada
EDP Renewables The United States And Canada LLC, its affiliates, and its subsidiaries establish, construct, own, and run wind farms, solar parks, and energy storage systems throughout The United States And Canada Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with 61 wind farms, 26 solar parks, and 8 local workplaces throughout The United States And Canada, EDPR NA has actually established more than 12,000 megawatts (MW) and runs more than 11,400 MW of onshore utility-scale renewable resource tasks. With more than 1,000 staff members, EDPR NA’s extremely certified group has a tested capability to perform tasks throughout the continent.
For more details, go to www.edprnorthamerica.com and follow us on LinkedIn
About EDP Renewables
EDP Renováveis, S.A. EDPR is a worldwide leader in renewable resource advancement with an existence in 28 areas in Europe, The United States And Canada, South America and Asia-Pacific With head office in Madrid and leading local workplaces in Houston, São Paulo and Singapore, EDPR has a sound advancement portfolio of high-level properties and market-leading operating capability in renewable resources. Especially worthwhile of note are onshore wind, dispersed and massive solar, overseas wind (OW – through a 50/50 joint endeavor), and innovations to match renewables such as storage and green hydrogen.
EDPR’s employee-centered policies have actually gotten acknowledgment such as Leading Work environment 2023 in the U.S.A., Leading Company 2023 in Europe ( Spain, Italy, France, Romania, Greece, Portugal and Poland) Colombia and Brazil, and are likewise consisted of in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index.
EDPR is a department of EDP, S.A. EDP, a leader in the energy shift with a concentrate on decarbonization. Besides its strong existence in renewables (with EDPR and hydro operations), EDP has an integrated energy existence in Portugal, Spain and Brazil consisting of electrical energy networks, customer services and energy management.
EDP– EDPR’s primary investor– has actually been noted on the Dow Jones Index for 16 successive years, just recently being called the most sustainable electrical energy business on the Index.
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