The new batteries in Avondale and Gilbert will have a combined capacity of 340 megawatts. A megawatt is enough power to supply about 250 homes at once
Salt River Project will purchase electricity from two huge new battery projects in Avondale and Gilbert, the public utility announced Thursday.
The project in Avondale will be called Sierra Estrella and have 250 megawatts of storage. The Superstition project in Gilbert will have a capacity of 90 megawatts.SRP approves big electric bill increase to cover natural gas expenses. How much will it cost you? SRP intended to meet this growing demand with a nearly $1 billion expansion at a Coolidge natural-gas burning plant,. Half the expansion was to be built by summer 2024. The rejection sent SRP scrambling.
"In this particular case, given the significant need we have, we are pursuing all of them," he said."They are going to cost significantly more than Coolidge would have cost our customers."