Amalahle aphulukana nelanga, umoya kunye nogcino kwisicwangciso esiluncedo saseArizona

I-Arizona utility I-Tucson Electric Power (TEP) ibeke izicwangciso zokubonelela nge-70% yamandla ayo ukusuka kwilanga kunye nomoya ngo-2035, ixhaswe ngokutshala imali kumandla okugcina amandla.

Eli ncedo kwiveki ephelileyo lifake isicwangciso salo esihlanganisiweyo sobutyebi (IRP) kunye nomlawuli karhulumente, sichaza izicwangciso ze-2.5GW zesola entsha nomoya kule minyaka ili-15 izayo kunye ne-1.4GW yomthamo wokugcina amandla njengoko ivala ngokuthe ngcembe izikhululo zayo zombane wamalahle.

I-utility yathi ngenxa yeenkxalabo zokusingqongileyo kunye nokufumaneka kweendleko ezikhulayo zamandla ahlaziyekayo kunye neenkqubo zokugcina yayijonge ukuthabatha umhlala-phantsi yonke inqanawa yokuvelisa amalahle kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwipotfoliyo yayo yonke nge-80% ngo-2035.

"Siyayikhawulezisa inguqu yethu kwimithombo yamandla acocekileyo ngokusebenzisa isicwangciso esingabizi kakhulu esixhasa inkonzo ethembekileyo nefikelelekayo kwizixhobo ezizinzileyo," utshilo umphathi we-TEP uDavid Hutchens."Siza kube sinciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ngesantya esisibeka phambili kwiinzame zehlabathi zokulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu."

Kunye nokuvalwa okusele kubhengeziwe kwezityalo ezibaswe ngamalahle, i-TEP ithe iza kurhola ezinye iiyunithi ezimbini eziphantse zibe yi-800MW ngowama-2032;ngo-2035 into esetyenziswayo iya kuba yehlile ngaphezulu kwe-1GW yomthamo wamalahle.

Endaweni yoko, i-utility iya kugxininisa utyalo-mali lwayo kwizinto ezihlaziyiweyo, zokugcina kunye nesinye isizukulwana esibaselwe ngegesi yendalo.

Ngo-2035, isicwangciso se-TEP sichaza ukongezwa okungaphezulu kancinane kwe-1.7GW yelanga elitsha kunye nama-846MW omoya.Ukongeza, usetyenziso lukwaceba ukufakela i-1.4GW yokugcina amandla ngo-2035 ukongeza kwi-50MW yokugcina amandla ebhetri esele ikwinkonzo okanye ikhontrakthi namhlanje.

Uninzi lolu tyalo-mali lulayishwe emva kwizigaba zamva zexesha lesicwangciso, kunye nesibini esithathwini somthamo olindelekileyo wogcino oluya kuqalisa ukusebenza emva kowama-2030 xa okona kuhla kakhulu kwiindleko zokugcina kulindelwe.

"Ukugcina inkonzo ethembekileyo kunye namanqanaba aphezulu omoya kunye namandla elanga kufuna ukuphendula, izibonelelo zegesi zendalo ezisebenzayo kunye nokugcinwa, okuqikelelwa ukuba zifikeleleke kakhulu kwiminyaka elishumi ezayo," kusho uHutchens."Isicwangciso sethu senzelwe ukwenza imali kolu kuncipha kwamaxabiso ukuze kuthotywe amabhongo okukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ngaphandle kokubeka esichengeni ukusebenza kakuhle kweendleko okanye ukufikeleleka."

Ukuthatha umhlala-phantsi okukhawulezileyo kwemizi-mveliso yamandla okubaselwa ngamalahle ngokuthanda uhlaziyo kunye nokugcinwa kube ngumxholo ochazayo wokubulawa kwee-IRPs ezibhengezwe zinkonzo zase-US kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo.Ngokucacileyo, ngo-Oktobha odlulileyo, i-PacifiCorp, i-subsidiary yomtyalo-mali uWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Energy, watyhila izicwangciso zokongeza phezu kwe-6GW yelanga kwaye phantse i-3GW yokugcina amandla ngo-2038. Ngelo xesha, i-utility iceba ukususa phantse i-4.5GW yepotfoliyo yamalahle ukusuka ekusebenzeni.

Oku kuye kwaxhaswa ngakumbi ngezinto eziluncedo e-Indiana, eVirginia naseCalifornia ukuba zibandakanye ukugcinwa kwelanga kunye nokugcinwa kwamandla kwii-IRPs kulo nyaka.