Peoples - West
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Peoples Generating Station - West
North American’s West Generating Station is a completely new 3.2
MW facility. Although the West Generating Station has a common
wall with the existing Peoples plant, it is a stand alone facility with its
own dedicated blower and interconnection.
The landfill gas fuel supply is from the Peoples Landfill owed and
operated by Waste Management.
The West Generating Station is interconnected to Consumers
Energy Company’s 24,900 volt line; the plant was built to hold 3.2
MW of electric generating capacity, namely two 3520 Caterpillar
electric generating units. One unit is presently installed. The entire
infrastructure was constructed to allow easy installation of the
second unit.
The annual output from this plant is 13,310,000 kWh with one
Caterpillar 3520 generating unit.
The power is sold on the wholesale market place where
Consumers Energy Company under a ten year contract, purchases
the capacity, energy, green attributes and emission allowances.