Key Dates

• Units: 5, 6, 7, 8
  • 12/21/2000 - Application for Certification (AFC) filed
  • 2/7/2001 - Commission accepts AFC as "data adequate."
  • 6/15/2001 - Commission staff releases Preliminary Staff Assessment.
  • 9/12/2002 - Commission staff releases Final Staff Assessment.
  • 1/30/2004 - Committee releases Presiding Member's Proposed Decision.
  • 7/1/2010 - Commission approves Application for Certification.
  • 8/5/2016 - Applicant withdrew 2007 Amendment Process.
  • 8/1/2013 - Units: 5, 6, 7, 8 on line and producing power.
• Units: 9, 10, 11, 12
  • 4/23/2013 - Application for Certification (AFC) filed
  • 3/25/2014 - Commission staff releases Preliminary Staff Assessment.
  • 8/27/2015 - Commission staff releases Final Staff Assessment.
  • 8/5/2016 - Applicant withdrew 2013 Amendment Process.

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General Description of Project

The El Segundo Generating Station was a natural-gas-fired electric power generating station built in the 1950s, originally owned by Southern California Edison (SCE) until 1998 when it was sold to NRG Energy Inc (NRG). The facility is located at 301 Vista Del Mar Boulevard in El Segundo, California. The site is located at the southernmost city limit of the city of El Segundo on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between Dockweiler State Beach and the city of Manhattan Beach. ESGS is approximately 2.5 miles southwest of the Los Angeles International Airport and west of the San Diego Freeway (I-405) on the eastern shore of Santa Monica Bay. It is located less than 0.25 mile south of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Scattergood Generating Station, and approximately 0.5 mile south of the City of Los Angeles’ Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant. The power plant site is bordered by Vista Del Mar and the Chevron refinery to the east, 45th Street in the city of Manhattan Beach on the south, Santa Monica Bay on the west, and the Chevron Marine Terminal on the north.

On February 2, 2005, the California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) issued a license (decision with errata) to El Segundo Power II, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG) for the El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project (ESPR), a 630 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired, once-through cooled, combined-cycle electric generating facility in El Segundo.

On June 30, 2010, the Energy Commission approved a 2007 amendment authorizing NRG to convert the ESPRP to a 560 MW Rapid Response Combined-Cycle facility using dry-cooling and zero liquid discharge technology.

On August 13, 2008 ownership and operational control of the project was transferred from El Segundo Power Redevelopment Project to El Segundo Energy Center, LLC (ESEC).

On August 8, 2012, a petition was approved to rename the project EI Segundo Power Redevelopment Project, to the EI Segundo Energy Center project.

The project remains in operation.

Energy Commission Facility Certification Process

The California Energy Commission is the lead agency (for licensing thermal power plants 50 megawatts and larger) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has a certified regulatory program under CEQA. Under its certified program, the Energy Commission is exempt from having to prepare an environmental impact report. Its certified program, however, does require environmental analysis of the project, including an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize any significant adverse effect the project may have on the environment.

For Questions about this Certification Proceeding Contact:

Keith Winstead
Project Manager
Siting, Transmission and Environmental Protection (STEP) Division
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-15
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-654-5191
E-mail: Keith.Winstead@energy.ca.gov

For Questions About Public Participation In Certification Proceedings Contact:

Public Advisor
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-12 Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-654-4489
Toll-Free in California: 1-800-822-6228
E-mail: PublicAdvisor@energy.ca.gov

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