45-MW Sandstone Solar project in Arizona due for test startup in December

October 14, 2015 Barry Cassell Generation

Sandstone Solar LLC, which has nearly completed a 45-MW project in Arizona, on Oct. 14 filed a notice of self-certification as an Exempt Wholesale Generator at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Sandstone owns and will operate a 45-MW (ac) solar photovoltaic facility in the Town of Florence, Arizona. The facility will interconnect with the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) balancing authority area in the Southwest region. The company has an executed power purchase agreement with SRP for all of the facility’s output.

The Sandstone facility is expected to begin generating test energy in December 2015. Applicant’s sole business is owning and operating the facility. Sandstone Solar is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FTP Power LLC.

A company contact is: Sean McBride, General Counsel, Sustainable Power Group, 2180 South 1300 East, Suite 600, Salt Lake City, UT 84106, Telephone: (801) 679-3500, smcbride@spower.com.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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