California's Morro Bay Unit 1 Back Online in Two Hours After Forced Outage.Business/News Editors MORRO Mor´ro n. 1. A round hill or point of land; hence, As you may know, the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Independent System Operator declared a Stage Three Emergency early this morning at 2:00 a.m. when available electric supplies in California fell below one and a half percent. Unfortunately, Morro Bay Unit 1, which was producing 162 megawatts of electricity, began to experience excessive turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. vibration and tripped off line at 11:30 a.m. this morning. Our staff rapidly addressed the issue and brought the unit back on line "parallel to the grid" two hours later at 1:30 p.m. At 3:00 p.m., the unit was fully available to the grid. The Morro Bay Power Plant became operational in 1956 and has four units that produce 1,000 megawatts, enough to supply about one million households. Over the past year, the plant's operational levels have been extraordinary and the plant has played a key role in serving California's wholesale electricity needs. During the year 2000, the plant had its second highest capacity factor in its 44-year history. Unit 1 has been in constant operation since June 9, 2000, with the exception of two brief periods in November and January when it was uneconomical to operate the unit in the state's wholesale electricity market. Duke Energy North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. is currently in the permitting process with the California Energy Commission The California Energy Commission is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through to completely replace the existing power plant with a state-of-the-art combined cycle A combined cycle is characteristic of a power producing engine or plant that employs more than one thermodynamic cycle. Heat engines are only able to use a portion of the energy their fuel generates (usually less than 50%). The remaining heat from combustion is generally wasted. plant that can produce 1,200 megawatts. For more information about Duke Energy North America's California operations and our perspectives on the state's electricity crisis, see our web site at www.Duke-energy.com/California. |
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