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4 December 2006 -- Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to move forward with plans to contract for new supplies of renewable power from the Military Pass Road-Newberry (Vulcan) geothermal generating facility in Newberry, Oregon. The contract will deliver up to 120-MW of clean renewable energy under California's Renewables Portfolio Standards (RPS) Program, enough power to serve 90,000 PG&E customers.
"The geothermal power from the Vulcan project further enhances PG&E's diverse supply of clean, renewable energy, and will help ensure that PG&E continues to have one of the lowest rates of air emissions in the country," said Fong Wan, vice president of energy procurement. "The commission's quick approval demonstrates a shared dedication toward accelerating our reliance on renewable power toward the goal of 20 percent by 2010."
PG&E currently supplies 12 percent of its customer load from renewable resources that qualify under California's RPS Program. In total, about 50 percent of the power that PG&E delivers to its customers comes from generating resources that emit no carbon dioxide.
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