20120813Comments.pdf

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Comments:
Natural gas plant? To generate HEAT!
Heat we have this summer already. More heat will make for more wind. But Idaho
Power will do all that can be done to stop the use of wind power.
Yet Idaho Power build a gas fired plant and pay for all the natural gas they want.
Wind generated power purchase is too high cost?
Someone is making money off building contracts and gas buying. Langley Gulch
power plant is now serving Idaho Power customers but at what cost is real.
While I was in Germany, You could NOT drive far without seeing a lot of Solar
panels and I or Wind generators. In our country you have to drive a long way to
see any natural sun made power. What are we doing to our future generations
when gas will cost too much. Oh yes atomic generated power - sure.
Make for equality in the uses of all forms of power generation.
Support some Solar and Wind power production as soon as possible.
H%HO PIVER®
An IOACORP company
New Langley Gulch
Power Plant Now Serving
Idaho Power Customers
The new Langley Gulch Power Plant
is up and running. Since June 29,
this natural gas plant has been in full
operation to serve our customers'
energy needs.
Located near New Plymouth, this
plant uses clean-burning natural gas
to fire a massive turbine that generates
electricity. Heat from that turbine
creates steam that powers a second
turbine. Combined, these turbines can
generate up to 300 megawatts (MW)
of electricity. That's enough to power
208,500 average homes!
The new plant plays a key role in
ensuring our customers receive reliable
and fair-priced energy. Langley Gulch
is a flexible resource that can meet our
region's continuous energy demand.
The 300 MW added to our energy grid
are especially helpful during Idaho
Power's peak demand, which comes
during hot summer afternoons when
irrigation pumps and air conditioners
are in use.
The new facility also will help integrate
the large and growing amount of wind
energy on our system. Wind energy is
intermittent, which means the turbines
1 only generate energy when the wind
blows. This can be a problem in areas
where the hottest summer days are
usually among the calmest. Langley
Gulch can be ramped up when the wind
isn't blowing or run at a lower capacity
when the wind picks up. This ensures
we have energy available when we need
it most.
Even though the plant is in full
operation, people in the area aren't
likely to notice much activity apart from
some visible water vapor, especially
during cold weather.
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Langley Gulch Power Plant
(inset) Joe Cook, Mayor of New Plymouth,
says Langley Gulch has been a good neighbor.