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California Elk Hills power unit shut
Tue May 17, 2005 11:25 AM ET
NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - The 525-megawatt Elk Hills natural gas-fired power station in California shut for planned reasons by early Tuesday, the California Independent System Operator said in a report.
Late Tuesday, the unit was fully available for service.

The Elk Hills combined-cycle station is located in Taft in Kern County about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The station consists of two 156 MW gas turbines and one 213 MW steam turbine.

One megawatt powers about 1,000 homes, according to the North American average.

Elk Hills Power LLC operates the station for its owners: the Sempra Energy Global Enterprises unit of California-based Sempra Energy's (SRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Sempra Energy Resources subsidiary (50 percent) and Los Angeles-based oil company Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s (OXY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Occidental Energy Corp. subsidiary (50 percent).

Sempra's subsidiaries own and operate more than 3,500 MW of generating capacity, market energy and other commodities around the world, and transmit and distribute electricity (1.3 million) and natural gas (6.2 million) to customers in California.


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