PLANT UPGRADES PROPOSED CITIES SEEK STATE HELP IN BOOSTING GENERATOR CAPACITY.Byline: Mary Schubert Staff Writer PASADENA - City utility officials, sensing opportunity in California's power crunch, have teamed with Burbank and Glendale to seek state funding for costly upgrades to their electrical plants. Their idea is that utilities could produce more electricity, some of which is then supplied to the state's power grid, and could generate it more cleanly clean·ly adj. clean·li·er, clean·li·est Habitually and carefully neat and clean. See Synonyms at clean. adv. In a clean manner. clean and efficiently if they had modern turbines and equipment. Representatives from the Pasadena, Burbank and Glendale electrical utilities have pitched the plan - still being formulated - to state Sen. Jack Scott and Assemblywoman as·sem·bly·wom·an n. A woman who is a member of a legislative assembly. Noun 1. assemblywoman - a woman assemblyman representative - a person who represents others Carol Liu, both D-Pasadena, and Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Dario Frommer Dario Frommer (born October 22, 1963 in Long Beach, California) was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. , D-Glendale. ``Our facilities are old and technologically less efficient in converting (natural) gas to electricity,'' said Jay Panzica, interim general manager of Pasadena Water and Power. ``We're looking to see if we can come up with a joint proposal to repower our facilities ... put in better ones that are smaller and cleaner and more efficient,'' Panzica said. If all three cities The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines. installed modern electrical generators This article is about machines that produce electricity. For other uses, see Generator. “Dynamo” redirects here. For other uses, see Dynamo (disambiguation). , they could supply even more power locally and statewide, officials say. ``We'll be large enough to make a difference to the supply of power to the California grid,'' Panzica said. But upgrading the plants wouldn't affect the current power crisis. It would take about four years to complete, said Ron Davis, general manager of Burbank Water and Power. Burbank has seven turbine generators at its power plant. ``They're all small and they're all old. They're all 30 to 40 years old,'' Davis said. The price of a new 250-megawatt generator - the standard size - is about $180 million, Davis said. He described that type of generator as the ``most durable, efficient technology'' available. Davis said the modern turbines can produce electricity with 90 percent fewer emissions of nitrous oxide nitrous oxide or nitrogen (I) oxide, chemical compound, N2O, a colorless gas with a sweetish taste and odor. Its density is 1.977 grams per liter at STP. It is soluble in water, alcohol, ether, and other solvents. gas than their older counterparts. ``That's the key ingredient in smog,'' Davis said. |
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