Lodi Energy Center Petition to Amend & Distributed Energy Backup Assets Award
Summary
SCH Number
2025030730
Lead Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Lodi Energy Center Petition to Amend & Distributed Energy Backup Assets Award
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
3/18/2025
Document Description
The Lodi Energy Center (LEC) is a 296-megawatt, combined-cycle natural gas facility. The project was certified by the California Energy Commission (CEC) in April 2010 and began commercial operation in November 2013.
On March 17, 2025, the CEC made two discretionary decisions to 1) approve the Applicant’s Petition to Amend the 2010 Commission Final Decision and 2) provide Distributed Energy Backup Assets (DEBA) grant funding under agreement number DBA-24-005. The pair of decisions will enable the Applicant to install efficiency upgrades and operate the facility to improve the turbine’s thermal energy conversion process allowing
LEC to generate an additional 15 MWs during hot-weather ambient conditions, and to make the incremental capacity available for dispatch to the grid on a day-ahead and real-time basis during extreme events (project).
: LEC proposes to upgrade the existing combustion turbine generator (CTG) with new Siemens FX Turbine components. The new turbine components include the installation of newly advanced design blades, seals, vanes, and vane carriers from turbine stages 1 through 4. All work would occur within the power plant site, specifically inside the turbine’s confined space.
Contact Information
Name
Renee Webster-Hawkins
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Senior Staff Attorney
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Rafael Santana
Agency Name
Northern California Power Agency
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Lodi
Counties
San Joaquin
Regions
Southern California
Zip
95242
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
California Energy Commission
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes (Staff Assessment for Petition to Amend Conditions of Certification)
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
No
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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