ALL CHARGED UP: POWER PLANT GETTING TRYOUT IN PALMDALE.Byline: Daily News Trying to lower city utility bills, Palmdale officials are experimenting with generating their own electrical power. Under a 90-day test, a modified automotive engine Automotive engine The component of the motor vehicle that converts the chemical energy in fuel into mechanical energy for power. The automotive engine also drives the generator and various accessories, such as the air-conditioning compressor and power-steering , altered by a Las Vegas-based company to run on natural gas, is turning a generator powering the lights, clocks, soft-drink dispensers and other electrical equipment A piece of electrical equipment is a machine, powered by electricity and usually consists of an enclosure, a variety of electrical components and often a power switch. Examples of Electrical Equipment
``What makes it different (from) others is it's very very efficient,'' said Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Director Steve Williams Steve Williams may refer to:
The power plant, installed behind the recreation center, is being tested at no cost to the city - other than its natural-gas fuel - under an arrangement approved last week by the City Council, Williams said. While the test is occurring at the same time deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. of the utility industry is getting under way, officials say it is not related. The city has authority to generate its own power with or without deregulation, Williams said. If the test shows the power plant can provide electricity at an overall cost below the $30,000 a year the city now spends on the center, similar plants could be installed at other city buildings. Powering the electrical generator This article is about machines that produce electricity. For other uses, see Generator. “Dynamo” redirects here. For other uses, see Dynamo (disambiguation). is a 454-cubic-inch General Motors V-8, modified by a start-up company start-up company A new business. called Engine World with special intake manifold, exhaust headers, ignition system and other changes to run more efficiently on natural gas, which is cheaper and cleaner-burning than gasoline. ``We think we have a very, very friendly low-emission engine,'' said E.W. ``Bud'' Wheeler, Engine World's vice president and chief financial officer. The engine makes about as much noise as a car passing by at 30 mph, Williams said. Engine World, which has offered to operate and maintain the power plant for the city for $1,500 a month, says it will last for five years in operation and go about two months between servicing, Williams said. The Hammack Activity Center remains wired into Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. Co.'s power grid for nighttime operation - when electrical usage is too low for it to make sense to run the power plant - and as an emergency backup, officials said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) From left, E.W. ``Bud'' Wheeler and Steve Williams check out the natural-gas power plant at the Hammack Activity Center. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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