UNeil Etter, umqhubi wegumbi lokulawula kwiSikhululo sokuvelisa i-H. Wilson Sundt sikaTucson Power.
I-Tucson Power ithe inamandla aneleyo okuhlangabezana neencopho zemfuno eziphezulu ezilindelweyo kunye nokugcina ii-air conditioner zicula kule hlobo.
Kodwa ngenxa yokutshintsha kwezityalo ezisebenzisa amalahle ukuya kwizixhobo zelanga nezomoya, amaqondo obushushu aphezulu ehlotyeni kunye nemarike yamandla eqinileyo entshona, izicwangciso zokuthintela ukucima kwamandla ziya ziba nzima ngakumbi, i-TEP kunye nezinye iinkonzo zixelele abalawuli bakarhulumente kwiveki ephelileyo.
Ngokutsho kophando olutsha oluxhaswe yi-TEP kunye nezinye iinkonzo zaseSouthwest, ngo-2025, ukuba zonke iiprojekthi zamandla avuselelekayo ezicwangcisiweyo zaseSouthwest azigqitywanga ngexesha, aziyi kukwazi ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zombane ezikhulayo.
Kwindibano yonyaka yokulungiselela ihlobo ye-Arizona Corporation Commission kwiveki ephelileyo, amagosa avela kwi-TEP kunye noogxa bawo base-UniSource Energy Services bathe banamandla okuvelisa izinto aneleyo ukuhlangabezana nemfuno ephakame kakhulu yehlobo ekulindeleke ukuba idlule amanqanaba ka-2021.
“Sine-eneji eyaneleyo kwaye siziva sikulungele kakuhle ubushushu basehlotyeni kunye nemfuno ephezulu yamandla,” utshilo isithethi se-TEP uJoe Barrios. “Nangona kunjalo, siza kuyijonga ngokusondeleyo imozulu kunye nemarike yethu yamandla yengingqi, sinezicwangciso zongxamiseko xa kukho nayiphi na imeko engxamisekileyo.”
I-Arizona Public Service, eyona nkampani inkulu yombane kurhulumente, iSalt River Project ezilawulayo kunye ne-Arizona Electric Cooperative, enika amandla ii-cooperatives zombane zasemaphandleni kurhulumente, ikwaxelele abalawuli ukuba banamandla aneleyo okuhlangabezana neemfuno ezilindelekileyo zasehlotyeni.
Ukuthembeka kwehlobo kube yinto exhalabisayo ukusukela ngo-Agasti 2020, xa ukunqongophala kombane ngexesha lobushushu bembali yaseNtshona kwabangela ukuba abaqhubi beenkqubo zothumelo baseCalifornia baqalise ukucima umbane ukuze kuthintelwe ukuwohloka kwenkqubo yonke.
I-Arizona ikwazile ukuphepha ukucima kweenkonzo ngokuyinxenye ngeenkqubo zokuphendula iimfuno kunye nemizamo yokukhusela abathengi, kodwa abahlawuli berhafu belizwe bathwala iindleko zokunyuka kwamaxabiso ombane wengingqi ngexesha lengxaki.
Kuyo yonke le ngingqi, ucwangciso lwezixhobo luye lwaba nzima ngakumbi ngenxa yamaqondo obushushu asehlotyeni agqithisileyo kunye nembalela, imiqathango ekungenisweni kombane eCalifornia, imixokelelwane yokubonelela kunye nezinye izinto ezichaphazela iiprojekthi zelanga kunye neendawo zokugcina izinto, uLee Alter, umlawuli wocwangciso lwezixhobo kwi-TEP kunye ne-UES, uxelele abalawuli.
Ngokusekelwe kwimfuno ebonisa ubushushu obuqhelekileyo behlobo, umbane uza kungena ehlotyeni unomlinganiselo ogciniweyo (ovelisa ngaphezulu kwemfuno eqikelelweyo) we-16%, utshilo u-Alter.
Ingcali uDarrell Neil usebenza kwenye yeeholo zeSitishi sikaMbane saseH. Wilson Sundt eTucson, esinazo iinjini ezintlanu kwezili-10 zeTEP ezitshintshanayo.
Imida egciniweyo ibonelela ngeenkonzo zombane ngesikhuseli ngokuchasene nemfuno ephezulu kunokuba bekulindelwe ngenxa yemozulu embi kunye nokuphazamiseka kobonelelo, njengokuvalwa kwezikhululo zombane okungacwangciswanga okanye umonakalo womlilo wasendle kwiintambo zothumelo.
IBhodi yokuQokelela uMbane yaseNtshona ithe kufuneka umda wonyaka we-16 ekhulwini ukugcina izixhobo ezaneleyo entlango kumzantsi-ntshona, kuquka ne-Arizona, ukuya kuthi ga ngo-2021.
I-Arizona Public Service Co. ilindele ukuba imfuno ephezulu yombane inyuke phantse nge-4 ekhulwini ukuya kwi-7,881 megawatts, kwaye iceba ukugcina umda ogciniweyo omalunga ne-15 ekhulwini.
U-Ort uthe kunzima ukufumana imithombo yamandla eyongezelelweyo eyaneleyo, njengezivumelwano ezisisigxina zokudluliselwa kwamandla kwixesha elizayo, ukwandisa imida egciniweyo phakathi kweemarike zamandla ezixineneyo eNtshona.
“Ngaphambili, bekukho umthamo owaneleyo kulo mmandla kangangokuba ukuba ufuna okungakumbi, ubuya kuthenga okungakumbi, kodwa imakethi iqine kakhulu,” u-Alter uxelele ikomiti yeenkampani.
U-Alter ukwakhankanye nokukhathazeka okukhulayo kokuba imbalela ende kwiColorado River Basin inokuthintela ukuveliswa kwamandla emvula kwiGlen Canyon Dam okanye kwiHoover Dam, ngelixa umqhubi wegridi yaseCalifornia eqhubeka nomgaqo-nkqubo owamkelweyo kunyaka ophelileyo wokunciphisa umbane ongxamisekileyo Ukuthunyelwa kombane kwamanye amazwe.
UBarrios uthe i-TEP kunye ne-UES azixhomekekanga kumadama oMlambo iColorado ukuze zenze umbane wamanzi, kodwa ukulahleka kwezo zixhobo kuya kuthetha ukuba amandla ombane angaphantsi akhoyo kulo mmandla kwaye kunyuse ukunqongophala kunye namaxabiso.
Kwelinye icala, i-TEP kwiveki ephelileyo iqalile ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiMarike yeWestern Energy Imbalance, imakethi yombane ethengiswa ngobuninzi ngexesha langempela kwiinkonzo ezingama-20 ezilawulwa yiCalifornia Independent System Operator.
Nangona ingongezanga amandla okuvelisa umbane, imakethi iya kunceda i-TEP ukuba ilinganisele izixhobo ezihlala zihleli ezifana nelanga nomoya, ithintele ukungazinzi kwegridi kwaye iphucule ukuthembeka kwenkqubo, utshilo u-Alter.
I-Tucson Power kunye nezinye iinkonzo zixelele abalawuli bakarhulumente kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba izicwangciso zokuthintela ukucima kombane ziya zisiba nzima ngakumbi phakathi kotshintsho oluvela kwizityalo ezisebenzisa amalahle ukuya kwizixhobo zelanga nezomoya, amaqondo obushushu aphezulu ehlotyeni kunye nemarike yamandla aseNtshona exineneyo.
Ecaphula uphando lwakutshanje olwenziwe yi-Environmental + Energy Economics (E3), u-Alter uthe i-TEP kunye nezinye iinkonzo zaseMzantsi-ntshona zijongene nemingeni ebalulekileyo ekuhlangabezaneni nemfuno ephezulu yamandla njengoko zitshintsha ukusuka ekuveliseni amalahle kwiminyaka ezayo.
“Ukukhula komthwalo kunye nokususwa kwezixhobo kudala imfuneko ebalulekileyo nengxamisekileyo yezixhobo ezintsha eMzantsi-ntshona,” utshilo u-E3, ingxelo eyalelwe yi-TEP, i-Arizona Public Service, i-Salt River Project, i-Arizona Electric Cooperative, i-El Paso Power write.. kunye ne-New Mexico Public Service Corporation.
“Ukugcina ukuthembeka kwengingqi kuya kuxhomekeka ekubeni iinkonzo zingongeza izixhobo ezintsha ngokukhawuleza ngokwaneleyo ukuhlangabezana nale mfuno ikhulayo kwaye zifune isantya sophuhliso esingazange sibonwe ngaphambili kulo mmandla,” lugqibezele olu phononongo.
Kuwo wonke lo mmandla, iinkonzo zikagesi ziza kujongana nokusilela kwesizukulwana esimalunga ne-4 GW ngo-2025, kunye nezixhobo ezikhoyo kunye nezityalo ezisaphuhliswayo okwangoku. I-1 GW okanye i-1,000 MW yomthamo welanga ofakelweyo yanele ukunika amandla amakhaya amalunga nama-200,000 ukuya kuma-250,000 kummandla we-TEP.
Ingxelo ithi iSouthwest Utilities ilungiselela imfuno ephezulu, ithembisa ukongeza malunga ne-5 gigawatts zamandla amatsha, kunye nezicwangciso zokongeza ezinye i-14.4 gigawatts ngo-2025.
Kodwa ingxelo ye-E3 ithi naluphi na ulibaziseko kwizicwangciso zokwakha zenkampani yombane lunokubangela ukunqongophala kwamandla kwixesha elizayo, nto leyo enokunyusa umngcipheko wokuthembeka kwenkqubo kangangeminyaka elishumi nangaphezulu.
“Nangona le ngozi ingabonakala ikude phantsi kweemeko eziqhelekileyo, ukuphazamiseka kweenkqubo zokubonelela ngeenkonzo, ukunqongophala kwezinto kunye neemarike zabasebenzi ezixineneyo ziye zachaphazela amaxesha eeprojekthi kulo lonke ilizwe,” lutshilo olu phononongo.
Ngowama-2021, i-TEP yongeze ii-megawatts ezingama-449 zezixhobo zomoya kunye nelanga, nto leyo eyenza inkampani ikwazi ukubonelela malunga ne-30% yombane wayo ovela kwimithombo evuselelekayo.
Ngokutsho kophando olutsha oluxhaswe yi-TEP kunye nezinye iinkonzo zaseSouthwest, ngo-2025, ukuba zonke iiprojekthi zamandla avuselelekayo ezicwangcisiweyo zaseSouthwest azigqitywanga ngexesha, aziyi kukwazi ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zombane ezikhulayo.
I-TEP ineprojekthi yelanga esakhiwayo, iprojekthi yelanga yeRaptor Ridge PV ye-15 MW kufutshane ne-East Valencia Road kunye ne-Interstate 10, kulindeleke ukuba ifumaneke kwi-intanethi kamva kulo nyaka, iqhutywa yinkqubo yokubhalisa abathengi belanga yeGoSolar Home.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli, i-TEP ibhengeze isicelo esivela kuzo zonke izibonelelo zezibonelelo zamandla avuselelekayo kunye nokusetyenziswa kakuhle kwamandla ukuya kuthi ga kwi-250 megawatts, kubandakanya ilanga nomoya, kunye nenkqubo yokuphendula imfuno yokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa ngamaxesha emfuno ephezulu. I-TEP ikwafuna izixhobo "ezinomthamo ozinzileyo" ukuya kuthi ga kwi-300MW, kubandakanya neenkqubo zokugcina amandla ezibonelela ubuncinane iiyure ezine ngosuku ehlotyeni, okanye izicwangciso zokuphendula imfuno.
I-UES ikhuphe iithenda zokufikelela kwi-170 MW yamandla ahlaziyekayo kunye nezixhobo zokusebenzisa amandla kakuhle kunye ne-150 MW yezixhobo zobuchule benkampani.
I-TEP kunye ne-UES zilindele ukuba esi sixhobo sitsha sibe sisebenza ngcono ngoMeyi 2024, kodwa kungadlulanga uMeyi 2025.
Umgangatho wejenereyitha yeturbine kwisikhululo sombane i-H. Wilson Sundt e-3950 E. Irvington Road ngo-2017.
Phakathi kwexesha elisondelayo lokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kwezikhululo zamandla ezisebenzisa amalahle, i-TEP kufuneka ithathe amanyathelo ngokukhawuleza, kuquka nokuvalwa okucwangcisiweyo kweYunithi 1 ye-170-megawatt kwiSikhululo saMandla saseSan Juan kumntla-ntshona weNew Mexico.
UBarrios uthe ukugcina amandla okuvelisa aneleyo kusoloko kuyingxaki, kodwa i-TEP yenza ngcono kunabanye abamelwane bayo bengingqi.
Ucaphule iNew Mexico Public Service Corporation, exelele abalawuli ukuba ayinazo naziphi na iidiphozithi zokugcina amandla ngoJulayi okanye ngo-Agasti.
ISebe leMicimbi kawonke-wonke laseNew Mexico lagqiba kwelokuba ngoFebruwari liqhubeke nenye iyunithi eseleyo yokuvelisa amalahle eSan Juan iqhubeke kude kube nguSeptemba, iinyanga ezintathu emva komhla wayo wokuthatha umhlala-phantsi ocwangcisiweyo, ukuze kwandiswe umda wayo wokugcinwa kwehlobo.
I-TEP ikwasebenza kwinkqubo yokuphendula imfuno apho abathengi bavumela iinkonzo zombane ukuba zinciphise ukusetyenziswa kombane ngexesha lexesha elixakekileyo ukuze kuthintelwe ukunqongophala, utshilo uBarrios.
UBarrios uthe le nkampani ngoku ingasebenzisana nabathengi bezorhwebo kunye nabemizi-mveliso ukunciphisa ngokukhawuleza imfuno ukuya kuthi ga kwi-40 megawatts, kwaye kukho inkqubo entsha yokulinga evumela abanye abahlali beeflethi ukuba bafumane ikhredithi yebhili yekota ye-$10 ukunciphisa imfuno. Ukusetyenziswa kwabo kwesifudumezi samanzi kususela kwincopho.
UBarrios uthe le nkampani ikwasebenzisana neTucson Water kwiphulo elitsha elithi “Beat the Peak” ukukhuthaza abathengi ukuba banciphise ukusetyenziswa kwamandla ngamaxesha oxinzelelo, adla ngokuba phakathi kwentsimbi yesi-3 ukuya kweyesi-7 emva kwemini ehlotyeni.
Eli phulo liza kuquka ukuthunyelwa kwimidiya yoluntu nakwiividiyo ezimema abathengi ukuba baphonononge izicwangciso zamaxabiso kunye neendlela zokusebenzisa amandla kakuhle ukunceda ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwexesha elixakekileyo, utshilo.
Ukutshona kwelanga okunelanga phezu koMlambo iRillito nge-1 kaSeptemba 2021, eSanta Cruz, usuku emva kokuba iSiphepho saseTropical uNora sizise iiyure ezininzi zemvula eTucson, eArizona. Kufuphi nendawo edibana kuyo uMlambo iSanta Cruz, uqukuqela phantse kwelinye icala lomlambo.
UJeff Bartsch ubeka ingxowa yesanti kwilori yokuthwala impahla kufutshane neHi Corbett Field eTucson, eArizona, nge-30 ka-Agasti 2021. UBartsch, ohlala kufutshane neCraycroft Road kunye ne-22nd Street, uthe iofisi yomfazi wakhe, eyaziwa ngokuba yigaraji, ikhukuliswe ngamanzi kabini. ISiphepho saseTropical uNora kulindeleke ukuba sizise imvula enkulu kwaye sibangele ezinye izikhukula.
Abahambi ngeenyawo badlula kwiCapitol emanzi kunye neIntersection 6 njengoko iintsalela zeTropical Storm Nora zinisa imvula phezu kweTucson, eArizona, nge-31 ka-Agasti 2021.
Abantu bazalisa iingxowa zesanti eHi Corbett Field njengoko amafu egubungela iTucson, eArizona, nge-30 ka-Agasti 2021. Kulindeleke ukuba iSiphepho saseTropical iNora sizise imvula enkulu size sibangele ezinye izikhukula.
U-Elaine Gomez. Udade wabo, uLucyann Trujillo, uyamnceda ukuba azalise ingxowa yesanti kufutshane neHi Corbett Field eTucson, eArizona, nge-30 ka-Agasti 2021. UGomez, ohlala kufutshane ne-19th Street kunye neClaycroft Road, uthe indlu yagcwala ziimvula kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. ISiphepho saseTropical uNora kulindeleke ukuba sizise imvula enkulu kwaye sibangele ezinye izikhukula.
Abantu bazalisa iingxowa zesanti eHi Corbett Field njengoko amafu egubungela iTucson, eArizona, nge-30 ka-Agasti 2021. Kulindeleke ukuba iSiphepho saseTropical iNora sizise imvula enkulu size sibangele ezinye izikhukula.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Meyi-07-2022