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Featured Solar Projects
Featured Wind Projects
Featured Geothermal Projects
Featured Distributed Generation, Energy Storage, and Microgrid Projects
Featured Gas Fired Projects
Featured Transmission & Distribution and Substation Projects
Featured Expert Witness Testimonies
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On behalf of the State of California and the California Attorney general office and the State Department of Justice, in the matter if widespread market manipulation that occurred in the California wholesale markets between May 1, 2000 and June 20, 2001; San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Complainant, v. Sellers of Energy and Ancillary Services into Markets Operated by the California Independent System Operator Corporation and the California Power Exchange, Respondents. Testimony by Alaywan on August 13-16, 2013, Z. and McIntosh, J.; Docket Nos. EL00-95-000; EL00-95-045; EL00-95-075; EL00-98-000; EL00-98-042; EL00-98-063. Docket No. EL01-10-085. Specifically, testified in federal court that led to the settlements of the dispute. On August 18, 2013, the parties settled, and the State of California received a settlement of $750 million.
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On behalf of AREA Energy, Brian Rahman of ZGlobal provided expert witness testimony in a binding arbitration in regard of the developments of over $1 Billion solar facility on 6,100 acres in Kern County. After several months and contentious proceeding, the judge ruled in favor of ZG client. Formed in June 1997 and jointly owned by affiliates of Shell and ExxonMobil, AREA specialize in tapping heavy oil and other unconventional light reservoirs. AERA produces about 125,000 barrels of oil and 32 million cubic feet of natural gas each day and has proved oil and gas reserves. AREA Energy is one of California’s largest oil and gas producers, accounting for nearly 25% of the state’s production
Solar Utility Scale
Goose Lake Solar
Lost Hills, CA
12 MW, Commercial Operation, May 2015
Serving: Marin Energy Authority
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
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Imperial Valley Solar Project
Niland, CA
20 MW, Commercial Operation, August 2015
Serving: Imperial Irrigation District
Service: Consult
Kansas Solar
Lemoore, CA
20 MW, Commercial Operation, December 2014
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering Services
Operation - Asset Management Services
Maricopa West Solar Project
Taft, CA
20 MW, Commercial Operation, December 2015
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering Services
Old River One Solar Project
Bakersfield, CA
20 MW, Commercial Operation, December 2014
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering Services
California Anaheim Solar Energy Project
Anaheim, CA
2.4 MW, Anaheim Convention Center for Anaheim Public Utilities
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
CID Solar Project
Corcoran, CA
20 MW, Commercial Operation, December 2014
Serving: Pacific Gas & Electric
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering Services
Alpaugh 50 and North
Alpaugh, CA
110 MW, located in Tulare County, the 50 MW Alpaugh 50 and 20 MW Alpaugh North solar plants were placed into operation in 2012, followed by the 20MW White River 1 project in 2013. Located in Kings County, the Corcoran I solar plant was also complted in 2013.
Serving: Pacific Gas & Electric
Service: Consult
Atwell
Tulare, CA
20 MW, located in Tulare County, the plant began operation in 2012.
Serving: Pacific Gas & Electric
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering Services
Four Brothers and Three Cedars
Beaver County, UT
530 MW, the 320 MW Four Brothers and 210 MW Three Cedars projects are some of the largest projects to come online in Utah.
Serving: PacifiCorp
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering, Market Analytics and Asset Valuation
Granite Mountains Solar West
Iron County, UT
63 MW, The plants are located in Iron County in Southern Utah and consist of the 63 MW Granite Mountain Solar West plant, the 100 MW Granite Mountain Solar East plant, and the 99 MW Iron Springs Solar plant. Commercial operation began in 2016.
Serving: PacifiCorp
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering
Seven Sisters Solar
Iron County, UT
23 MW, the Seven Sisters are seven separate solar power plants, four of which are located in Beaver County, Utah. Commercial operation began in 2015.
Serving: PacifiCorp
Service: Consult
Santa Clara Water District
Distributed Generation
Santa Clara, CA
1 MW, 12 kV Solar PV
Service: Design & Operate
Consult – Provided Interconnection
and Engineering Services
Operation - Asset Management and Operation & Maintenance Services.
MCE Solar 1
Richmond, CA
10.5 MW, MCE Solar One, The Bay Area’s Largest Public-Private Solar Partnership MCE Solar One was conceived by the Richmond community to integrate renewable energy and solar facilities in the Chevron Modernization Project. MCE teamed up with Richmond BUILD — which has successfully graduated hundreds of students and placed an impressive 80% of its graduates into well-paying jobs — to train and hire its skilled, local graduates for the project.
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services.
Antelope Expanision 2
Lancaster, CA
105 MW, located in northern Los Angeles County in Lancaster, Calif. The commercial operation date is expected in late 2018 serving Marin Clean Energy Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) .
serving Marin County, Napa County and the cities of Benicia, El Cerrito, Lafayette, Richmond, San Pablo and Walnut Creek, CA.
Service: Consult - Asset Management Services
Adobe Solar
Lamont, CA
20 MW, located in California, also provided engineering and interconnection services to Previous projects include the 20 MW Apex project in Nevada, the 30 MW Spectrum project in Nevada.
Service: Consult - Provide Market Analytics and Asset Valuation Services
Regulus Solar
Fresno, CA
82 MW, Commercial Operation, March 2015
Serving: Google
Service: Consult - Provide Market Analytical and Asset Valuation Services
Desert Harvest
Desert Center, CA
150 MW, The 150 MWac Desert Harvest Solar project is Located on approximately 1,200 acres of land managed by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the largest Solar Energy Zone in the U.S. The plant expected to be operational in 2020 and will serve MCE community choice aggregator the Riverside County.
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering Services
Operation - Asset Management Services
Mustang Solar
Kings County, CA
100 MW; Located in California’s Central Valley, the Mustang solar power project becomes operation in 2016.
serves Sonoma Clean Power and MCE Community Choice Aggregators.
Service: Consult - Provided Power Engineering Services
Operation - Asset Management Services.
Borrego
San Diego, CA
26 MW, The Borrego 1 Solar Project is a proposed 26 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar generating facility located in San Diego County approximately 2 miles north-northeast of the center of the community of Borrego Springs, California.
Service: Design – Provided Infrastructure Development Services
Pumpjack and Wildwood Solar
Kern County, CA
40 MW; Located in Kern County near Bakersfield, Calif., Pumpjack and Wildwood are two 20-megawatt (MW) servings Southern California Edison.
Service: Provided Power Engineering Services
McKinley Children’s Center
Distributed Generation
Los Angeles, CA
1 MW, Solar Utility Scale
Service: Consult
Imperial Valley College
Distributed Generation
Imperial, CA
2.5 MW, 12 kV Solar PV
Service: Consult – Provided Interconnection and Engineering Services
Operation - Asset Management and Operation & Maintenance Services.
Coal
Intermountain Power Plant
Delta, UT
236 MW, Coal
Service: Operation - Operation and Management Services
Gas Fired
Hanford Peaker Plant
Hanford, CA
97 MW, The 97-megawatt Hanford natural gas-fired facility is located in California’s San Joaquin Valley and. The facility was commissioned in 2001 and uses natural gas to produce electric energy. The Plant is serving Pacific Gas and Electric.
Service: Consult
Panoche Energy Center
Firebaugh, CA
400 MW, located in western Fresno County about 50 miles from Fresno achieved commercial operation by August 1, 2009. The Project consist of four of General Electric’s LMS100 simple-cycle combustion turbines (CTs). The Plant is serving Pacific Gas and Electric.
Service: Consult
High Desert Power Plant
Victorville, CA
830 MW, The High Desert Power Project is a 830-megawatt, combined-cycle power plant The facility is located in the city of Victorville, in San Bernardino County
Service: Consult
Geothermal
Patua
Fernley, NV
30 MW, the plant is located in a high desert area approximately 10 miles east of Fernley, Nevada The plant’s output is transported to Sacramento.
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Don Campbell 1 & 2
Carson City, NV
54 MW, ; consist of two 27 MW plant located in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately 26 miles north-east of the town of Hawthorne. the power is transported to California.
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Ormesa
Imperial Valley, CA
36 MW, East Mesa geothermal power facility lies a few miles east of El Centro in southern California’s Imperial Valley. the power is transported to Los Angeles.
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Cal Energy
Imperial Valley , CA
44 MW, the power is transported to Los Angeles
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Tungsten
Churchill, NV
33 MW, Tungsten Mountain geothermal power plant located in Churchill County, Nevada, the power is transported to California.
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Steamboat Hills
Reno, NV
14 MW, the Steamboat Springs geothermal resource is located south of Reno, Nevada, just off Highway 395 U.S. the power is transported to California.
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Heber South
Heber, CA
8.4 MW, located few miles east of El Centro in southern California’s Imperial Valley. the power is transported to Los Angeles
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
McGinnis Hills 3
Central, NV
48 MW, the McGuinness Hills Geothermal Project in Lander County, Nevada, . the power is transported to California.
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
CTR
Imperial County, CA
280 MW; Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR), an Australian-based geothermal development corporation, is currently developing a utility scale renewable energy project at the Salton Sea and has plans to lead the way for Imperial County to become home to the world’s largest geothermal plant.
Service: Consult
GeoGenCo
Imperial County, CA
15 MW, currently development a 15 MW geothermal plant.
Offtaker is Imperial Irrigation District
Service: Design – Infrastructure Development Services
Hydro
Comanche
Ione, CA
7.9 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Central Valley Project
Shasta, CA
12 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Thermo 1
Beaver, UT
11, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
San Gorgonio Wind Farms
Whitewater, CA
31 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Etiwanda
San Bernardino, CA
24 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Red Mountain
San Diego, CA
5.9 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
TriDam Hydro
Tuolumne County, CA
Tri-Dam Project is located on the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River in Tuolumne County, CA. the Plants serve Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District. Together they developed, operate and maintain the Donnells, Beardsley and Tulloch projects with 144 MW capacity.
Service: Consult – Market Analytics
Venice
Venice, CA
9.95 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Corona
Corona, CA
2.85 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Diamond Valley
Hemet, CA
21 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Temescal
Temescal, CA
2.85 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
MWD Hydroelectric Project
LA Basin, CA
9.7 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Hoover
Clark County, NV
44 MW, Hydro
Service: Operate - Asset Management Services
Natural Gas
Guernsey Power Station
Valley Township, OH
1650 MW, The Guernsey Power Station (GPS) is a proposed natural gas fired energy generation facility. GPS will be located in southern Guernsey County in Southeastern Ohio, in the heart of the state’s Utica and Marcellus shale gas development area.
Service: Consult – Provided Power Engineering Services
Neft Dashly
Caspian Sea, AZ
48 MW, Natural Gas
Service: Consult - Power Engineering
and Market Analytics
Magnolia Power Plant
Burbank, CA
118 MW, Natural Gas
Service: Operation
Canyon Power Project
Anaheim, CA
200 MW, Natural Gas
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Biogas
Peabody Landfill
Yuba County, CA
1.6 MW, Biogas
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Lincoln Landfill
Lincoln, CA
4.98 MW, Biogas
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Redwood Landfill
Novato, CA
4 MW, Biogas
Service: Operate
Brea Power 2
Brea, CA
27 MW, Biogas
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Wind
Pleasant Valley Energy Center
Evanston, WY
30 MW, Wind
Service: Consult
San Gorgonio Wind Farms
Whitewater, CA
31 MW, Wind
Service: Consult
Alta Wind
Tehachapi, CA
1212 MW, Wind
Service: Consult
Avalon Wind
Kern County, CA
300 MW, Wind
Service: Consult
Broadview
Clovis, NM
400 MW, Wind
Service: Consult
EUI 1 & 2
Tehachapi, CA
25 MW, Wind
Service: Consult
North Sky River & Jawbone Wind
Kern County, CA
339 MW, North Sky is a 162 MW wind generation interconnect to SCE Highwind substation. Jawbone is a 177 MW wind generation interconnect to SCE Highwind substation.
Service: Consult
Pacific Wind
Kern County, CA
140 MW, located on the south slope of the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County California, the 8,500-acre Pacific Wind Energy Project generates 143.5 MW of wind power. The project was Completed July 2012 and deliver the power to San Diego Gas and Electric Company’s.
Service: Consult
Rising Tree 3
Mojave, CA
99 MW, Wind
Service: Consult
Shiloh II & IV
Solano County, CA
252 MW, The Shiloh II, III and IV are 150, 150 and 102 MW Wind Project located in Solano County, California. Completed in 2009 – 2012, the energy is purchased by Pacific Gas and Electric.
Service: Consult
California Energy Development Co.
Morro Bay, CA
2000 MW, Offshore Wind
Service: Consult
Rising Tree
Mojave, CA
99 MW, Rising Tree Wind Farm consists of three phases and is located in Kern County, approximately
three miles west of the town of Mojave. The wind farm is within the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area.
Service: Consult
Biomass
ARP Loyalton
Loyalton, CA
18 MW, Biomas
Service: Operation - Operation and Management Services
Distributed Generation, Energy Storage
& Microgrid
Grapeland Peaker Battery Energy Storage (BESS) Project
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
8 MW / 4.3 MWH, the battery technology utilizes lithium ion battery modules in a prefabricated enclosure, connected to industrial grade power inverters and is connected to the existing peaker plant 13.8 kV electrical system. This project is also a 10MW/4.3MWh (AC) and is fully integrated with an existing power plant.
8 MW, 4.3MWH. The project went into operation in 2017.
Service: Operation - Operation and Management Services
Con-Ed
Alpaugh, CA
2 MW / 12 MWH, the battery technology utilizes lithium ion battery modules in a prefabricated enclosure, connected to industrial grade power inverters and is integrated with a 2 MW Solar facility. The Battery is charged and discharged from the onsite solar facility. The project went into operation in 2016.
Service: Operation - Operation and Management Services
Helms Pump Storage
Fresno, CA
1200 MW, Energy Storage
Service: Consult
SCE Center
Norwalk ,CA
8 MW / 10 MWH, Energy Storage
Service: Operation - Operation and Management Services
Santa Paula Energy Storage
Santa Paula, CA
20 MW / 80 MWH, this project is located in the city of Santa Paula in Ventura county and is under development.
Service: Design - Infrastructure Development Services
Villa Park Energy Storage
Orange, CA
20 MW / 80 MWH, this project is located in the city of Orange in Orange Ventura county and is under development
Service: Design - Infrastructure Development Services
Load Serving Entities
Bear Valley Electric
Bear Valley, CA
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
City of Anaheim
Anaheim, CA
Peak Load: 593 MW
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
City of Corona
Corona, CA
Peak Load: 30 MW
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority
Silicon Valley, CA
Communities: Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Unincorporated Santa Clara County
Peak Load: 750 MW
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Marin Clean Energy
Marin, CA
Peak Load: 1000 MW
Service: Operation - Asset Management Services
Reserve Sharing
Southwest Reserve Sharing Group (SRSG)
Arizona Public Service (APS)
The Electric Company (El Paso Electric)
Farmington Electric Utility System (FUES)
Talen Energy
Imperial Irrigation District (IID)
PNM
ArcLight Capital Partners
Southwest Transmission Cooperative (SWTC)
Recurve Energy Asset Management Inc.
Salt River Project (SRP)
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc.
Tucson Electric Power (TEP)
Western
Transmission, Distribution & Substation
Ramco Gen One
Miramar, CA
60 kV, 62 MVA
Service: Consult
Mare Island
Mare Island, CA
115 kV, 30 MVA
Service: Design
Navy I & II
Ridgecrest, CA
115 kV, 2X 50 MVA
Service: Design
Moreno Valley
Moreno Valley, CA
33 kV, 10 MVA Substation
Service: Design
BLM East &West
Ridgecrest, CA
230 kV; 2 X 150 MVA
Service: Design
CalTrans
San Francisco, CA
115 kV, FNC & East Grand Substation
Service: Consult
Nevada Geothermal Company
Reno, Nevada
120 kV, 40-mile.
Service: Design
Chevron USA
Richmond, CA
115 kV, 2-mile
Service: Design
San Diego Transmission Upgrades
ZGlobal performed a comprehensive independent analysis including review of San Diego Gas Electric power Flow studies, project justification, cost and alternatives for the California Public Utility Commission. The task includes multiple projects:
1. Ocean Ranch 96 /12 Kv Substation
San Diego County CA
Status: Under Construction
Capacity: 4,000 MW in phases; 500 kV & 220 kV, 66 kV and 12 kV
Service: Consult – Power Engineering
2. Riverside Trans Reliability Project
Riverside, CA
230 kV 8-mile; 230 kV 2-mile (underground); the city of Riverside imported energy comes through a single power connection from Southern California Edison's (SCE) Vista Substation, located in the city of Grand Terrace. This project will create a second connection between the city and SCE.
Service: Consult
California Energy Company
Coso, CA
230 kV & 115 & 29-mile
230 kV, 50-mile
Service: Design
Neptune Cable
Ney York City, NY
660 MW; The Neptune Project is a HVDC undersea and underground power cable that links the PJM grid to New York and serves the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) with 660 MW of power. The cable runs approximately 65 miles between Sayreville, New Jersey, and New Cassel (North Hempstead) on Long Island. The project includes two converter stations, an undersea cable that extends approximately 50 miles underneath the Raritan River and the Atlantic Ocean, and a land-based underground cable that extends up the shoulder of the Wantagh Parkway on Long Island. 65 Miles of DC Submarine Cable between New Jersey and New York
Service: Consult
Hudson Project
Ney York City, NY
660 MW; The Hudson Transmission project is a 660 MW electric transmission link between New York City and PJM Interconnection. While its main purpose is to provide a new source of electric power for the New York City customers of the New York Power Authority (“NYPA”), implementation of the Project also includes very significant upgrades and reinforcements to the transmission system in New Jersey. Construction of the project began in May 2011 and was completed in June 2013.
Service: Consult
San Marcos - Escondido Transmission Line
San Marcos & Escondido, CA
69 kV, 12 miles; perform alternatives and cost benefits analysis on a proposed San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E) project. SDG&E proposes to construct, reconductor, and operate a new, approximately 12-mile-long 69-kilovolt (kV) overhead electric power line between the existing SDG&E Escondido Substation and San Marcos Substation to support existing and future area load and prevent potentially long outages or disruptions of service to existing and new customers in the local communities and the surrounding area.
Chevron 2-mile
Richmond, CA
115 kV, 175 MVA
Service: Design
Coso 29-mile
Ridgecrest, CA
115 kV, 182 MVA,
Service: Design
Path 15 LLC
Central California
1,000 MW, 500 kV,
Service: Consult – Perform Market Analytics and Asset Valuation.
Imperial Irrigation District
Palm Springs, CA
230 kV, 1,455 MW. WECC Path 42 consists of two IID 230kV circuits (KN and KS Lines) that connect the IID system to three Southern California Edison (SCE) 230kV lines and three transformers. IID and SCE initiated the process of increasing the WECC Path 42 from the existing rating of 600 MW to an ultimate rating of 1,455 MW. SCE completed all the necessary upgrades to achieve the 1,455 MW Path 42 rating.
Service: Consult – Power Engineering and Cost justification
Next Era
Blythe, CA
230 kV, 66-mile.
Service: Consult – Perform Asset Valuation
EDF EN Company (enXco)
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
345 kV, 43-mile.
Service: Consult
Pittsburg Power Company
Pittsburg, CA
21 kV, 8 MVA Distribution
Service: Design – Infrastructure development services
Solana GS
Gila Bend, AZ
280 MW, 230 kV
Service: Consult – Power Engineering and Market Analytics
