Calpine reduces Calif. Pastoria natgas unit
NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - Calpine Corp (CPN.N) reduced the output of the Pastoria natural gas-fired power station in California by about 515 MW by Sunday afternoon, the California Independent System Operator said in a report.
The 724 MW Pastoria combined cycle station is located in Lebec in Kern County about 30 miles south of Bakersfield, California, on property leased from Tejon Ranch Corp.
There are three 156 MW combustion turbines at the station and two heat recovery steam turbines rated at 169 MW and 87 MW.
Calpine also plans to add a 160 MW simple-cycle, gas-fired combustion turbine at Pastoria at a cost of between $100 million and $200 million. If built the new unit could enter service in 2011.
One MW powers about 700 homes in California.
Calpine, of San Jose, California, owns and operates nearly 24,000 MW of generating capacity in operation and under construction and markets energy commodities in North America. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by John Picinich)
