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Tracy power plant gets key approval
TRACY October 30, 2009 11:07am 
• Final decision yet to be made • Would enlarge existing plant The staff of the California Energy Commission is recommending the licensing of an expansion of an existing 169-megawatt simple cycle power plant in San Joaquin County to a 314-MW combined cycle facility.
In its final staff assessment announced Friday, the commission’s staff says the Tracy Combined Cycle Power Plant project conforms to all laws, ordinances, regulations and standards.
The expanded power project would occupy a 16.38-acre, fenced site within the existing 40-acre parcel owned by the applicant, GWF Power Systems of Pittsburg. The site sits on an unincorporated portion of San Joaquin County, just southwest of Tracy.
The project's interconnection to the transmission grid would be via an existing overhead transmission line with an existing Pacific Gas and Electric switching station.
The staff says the project has complied with the rules and requirements of the San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District and has identified sufficient emission reduction credits consistent with applicable air district, state, and federal rules.
The staff recommendation represents a “thorough and independent assessment of the project's potential impacts on the environment, public health and safety,” the commission says.
If approved, construction of GWF Tracy could begin in the fall of 2010 and commercial operation in June of 2012.
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