PASADENA, CA, FEBRUARY 15, 2007: The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) on behalf of its participating members; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Burbank Water and Power and Pasadena Water and Power, announced the approval of a 20 year power purchase agreement with UPC Wind for Milford Wind Corridor Phase I (www.milfordwind.com) for the output of a 200 Megawatt (MW) wind generation facility to be located in Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah, subject to the approval of the local participant’s governing bodies. The energy will be delivered to the Intermountain Power Project Switching Station by December 31, 2008.

The purchase contract is unique in two ways; first, SCPPA will prepay for the energy to be delivered during the 20 year term with the proceeds from an upcoming bond sale which will be provided to the project developers upon completion of the project; second, SCPPA will have the option to purchase the project after the 10th year of the agreement.

According to Ron Deaton, LADWP’s General Manager, “this project is a great step towards helping LADWP meet its mandate of 20% renewables by 2010 and with the early buyout option and prepay feature it delivers the energy at the lowest possible cost.”

SCPPA Executive Director Bill D. Carnahan said; “as far as we know this is one of the first agreements of its type for a publicly owned utility.” SCPPA will contract with UPC Wind for the 20 year term, prepay for the energy, and sign power sales agreements with the participants to sell them the output of the project to repay SCPPA’s costs including the ongoing operating expenses. “

LADWP will receive 185 MW (92.5%), Burbank 10 MW (5%) and Pasadena 5 MW (5%) from the project.

Additionally, this project will provide additional impetus to SCPPA and its members’ plans to upgrade the Southern Transmission System (STS), which will deliver the wind energy from this project to Southern California. The STS is an existing 500 Kilovolt DC transmission line delivering power from the nearby Intermountain Power Project station in Utah to Southern California.

SCPPA is a California nonprofit joint action agency whose members include; the cities of Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Burbank, Cerritos, Colton, Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside, and Vernon plus the Imperial Irrigation District.

Contact: Bill D. Carnahan

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY
225 So. Lake Ave
Suite 1250
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone (626) 793-9364
Fax (626) 793-9461
Phone: (626) 793-9364

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