Neil Etter, woyang'anira chipinda chowongolera ku H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station ya Tucson Power.
Tucson Power yati ili ndi mphamvu zokwanira kuti ikwaniritse kuchuluka kwa magetsi omwe akuyembekezeredwa komanso kuti ma air conditioner azigwira ntchito chilimwe chino.
Koma chifukwa cha kusintha kuchoka pa mafakitale opangidwa ndi malasha kupita ku mphamvu ya dzuwa ndi mphepo, kutentha kwambiri kwa chilimwe komanso msika wamagetsi wovuta kumadzulo, mapulani opewera kuzimitsa magetsi akuvuta kwambiri, TEP ndi mabungwe ena opereka chithandizo adauza oyang'anira boma sabata yatha.
Malinga ndi kafukufuku watsopano wothandizidwa ndi TEP ndi mabungwe ena amagetsi aku Southwest, pofika chaka cha 2025, ngati mapulojekiti onse a mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa omwe akukonzekera ku Southwest sanamalizidwe pa nthawi yake, sadzatha kukwaniritsa kufunikira kwa magetsi komwe kukukulirakulira.
Pa msonkhano wapachaka wa Arizona Corporation Commission wokonzekera nyengo yachilimwe sabata yatha, akuluakulu a TEP ndi anzathu akumidzi a UniSource Energy Services adati ali ndi mphamvu zokwanira zopangira zinthu kuti akwaniritse zomwe akufuna kwambiri nthawi yachilimwe zomwe zikuyembekezeka kupitirira milingo ya 2021.
"Tili ndi mphamvu zokwanira ndipo tikumva kuti takonzeka bwino kutentha kwa chilimwe komanso kufunikira kwa mphamvu zambiri," adatero wolankhulira TEP Joe Barrios. "Komabe, tidzakhala tikuyang'anira nyengo mosamala komanso msika wathu wamagetsi m'chigawo, tili ndi mapulani oti tipewe ngozi ngati pachitika ngozi iliyonse."
Arizona Public Service, kampani yaikulu kwambiri yamagetsi m'boma, Salt River Project yodzilamulira yokha ndi Arizona Electric Cooperative, yomwe imayendetsa makampani amagetsi akumidzi m'boma, idauzanso oyang'anira kuti ali ndi mphamvu zokwanira zokwaniritsa zosowa zomwe zimayembekezeredwa nthawi yachilimwe.
Kudalirika kwa magetsi m'chilimwe kwakhala vuto lalikulu kuyambira mu Ogasiti 2020, pomwe kusowa kwa magetsi panthawi ya kutentha kwakale kwa West kunapangitsa kuti ogwira ntchito zamagetsi ku California akhazikitse magetsi kuti azitha kuzimitsa magetsi kuti asawonongeke.
Arizona inatha kupewa kuzima kwa magetsi pang'ono chifukwa cha mapulogalamu oyankha kufunikira kwa magetsi komanso zoteteza makasitomala, koma okhometsa msonkho m'boma adapirira mtengo wokwera kwa magetsi m'madera panthawi yamavuto.
Kudera lonselo, kukonzekera zinthu kwakhala kovuta kwambiri chifukwa cha kutentha kwambiri kwa chilimwe ndi chilala, zoletsa kugula magetsi ku California, unyolo woperekera zinthu ndi zinthu zina zomwe zimakhudza mapulojekiti a dzuwa ndi malo osungira zinthu, Lee Alter, mkulu wa mapulani a zinthu ku TEP ndi UES, adauza oyang'anira.
Kutengera kufunikira komwe kumawonetsa kutentha kwapakati pa chilimwe, kampaniyi idzalowa m'chilimwe ndi phindu lonse losungidwa (kupanga kufunikira kopitilira komwe kunanenedweratu) la 16%, adatero Alter.
Katswiri wa zamakina Darrell Neil amagwira ntchito pa imodzi mwa holo za H. Wilson Sundt Power Station ku Tucson, komwe kuli injini zisanu mwa injini 10 zoyatsira magetsi za TEP.
Magawo osungira magetsi amapereka chitetezo ku zosowa zambiri kuposa momwe zimayembekezeredwa chifukwa cha nyengo yoipa komanso kusokonekera kwa magetsi, monga kutsekedwa kwa magetsi kosakonzekera kapena kuwonongeka kwa moto wachilengedwe kwa mawaya opatsira magetsi.
Bungwe Logwirizanitsa Mphamvu Zamagetsi la Western Electric linati ndalama zosungira za 16 peresenti pachaka zikufunika kuti zinthu zikhale zokwanira m'chipululu chakumwera chakumadzulo, kuphatikizapo Arizona, mpaka chaka cha 2021.
Kampani ya Arizona Public Service Co. ikuyembekeza kuti kufunikira kwakukulu kudzawonjezeka ndi pafupifupi 4 peresenti kufika pa ma megawatts 7,881, ndipo ikukonzekera kusunga malire osungira a pafupifupi 15 peresenti.
Ort adati n'kovuta kupeza magwero okwanira amagetsi, monga mapangano okhazikika otumizira magetsi mtsogolo, kuti akulitse malire osungira pakati pa misika yamagetsi yochepa kumadzulo.
"M'mbuyomu, panali anthu okwanira m'derali kotero kuti ngati mukufuna zambiri, munkapita kukagula zambiri, koma msika wakula kwambiri," Alter adauza komiti yamakampani.
Alter adanenanso za nkhawa zomwe zikukulirakulira kuti chilala chomwe chingakhalepo kwa nthawi yayitali ku Colorado River Basin chingalepheretse kupanga magetsi opangidwa ndi madzi ku Glen Canyon Dam kapena ku Hoover Dam, pomwe kampani yoyendetsa magetsi ku California ikupitilizabe ndi mfundo yomwe idakhazikitsidwa chaka chatha yochepetsera kutumiza magetsi mwadzidzidzi kunja kwa magetsi.
Barrios anati TEP ndi UES sizidalira madamu a Colorado River kuti apeze mphamvu zamagetsi, koma kutayika kwa zinthu zimenezo kungatanthauze kuti mphamvu zamagetsi sizikupezeka m'derali ndipo izi zikuwonjezera kusowa kwa magetsi ndi mitengo.
Kumbali ina, TEP sabata yatha idayamba kutenga nawo mbali mu Western Energy Imbalance Market, msika wamagetsi wogulitsidwa nthawi yeniyeni wamagetsi pafupifupi 20 omwe amayendetsedwa ndi California Independent System Operator.
Ngakhale kuti sizikuwonjezera mphamvu zopangira magetsi, msika uthandiza TEP kulinganiza zinthu zosasinthasintha monga dzuwa ndi mphepo, kupewa kusakhazikika kwa gridi ndikuwonjezera kudalirika kwa makina, adatero Alter.
Tucson Power ndi makampani ena opereka chithandizo adauza oyang'anira boma sabata yatha kuti mapulani opewera kuzimitsidwa kwa magetsi akuvuta kwambiri chifukwa cha kusintha kuchoka pa mafakitale opangira magetsi pogwiritsa ntchito malasha kupita ku mphamvu za dzuwa ndi mphepo, kutentha kwambiri kwa chilimwe komanso msika wamagetsi wakumadzulo womwe uli wovuta.
Potchula kafukufuku waposachedwa wa Environmental + Energy Economics (E3), Alter adati TEP ndi mabungwe ena amagetsi aku Southwest akukumana ndi mavuto akulu pakukwaniritsa kufunikira kwa magetsi kwakukulu pamene akusintha kuchoka pakupanga magetsi pogwiritsa ntchito malasha m'zaka zikubwerazi.
"Kukula kwa katundu ndi kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zikupanga kufunikira kwakukulu komanso kwachangu kwa zinthu zatsopano ku Southwest," inatero E3, lipoti lopangidwa ndi TEP, Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project, Arizona Electric Cooperative, El Paso Power write.. ndi New Mexico Public Service Corporation.
"Kusunga kudalirika kwa madera kudzadalira ngati magetsi atha kuwonjezera zinthu zatsopano mwachangu mokwanira kuti akwaniritse kufunikira kumeneku komwe kukukulirakulira komanso kufunikira chitukuko chomwe sichinachitikepo m'derali," kafukufukuyu adamaliza.
M'chigawo chonsechi, magetsi amagetsi adzakumana ndi vuto la kusowa kwa mphamvu ya magetsi pafupifupi 4 GW pofika chaka cha 2025, pomwe zinthu zomwe zilipo ndi zomera zomwe zikupangidwa panopa zikupangidwa. 1 GW kapena 1,000 MW ya mphamvu ya dzuwa yoyikidwa ndi yokwanira kupatsa mphamvu nyumba pafupifupi 200,000 mpaka 250,000 m'chigawo cha TEP.
Lipotilo linati Southwest Utilities ikukonzekera kufunikira kwakukulu kwa magetsi, ikulonjeza kuwonjezera magetsi atsopano okwana ma gigawatts 5, ndipo ikukonzekera kuwonjezera magetsi ena okwana ma gigawatts 14.4 pofika chaka cha 2025.
Koma lipoti la E3 linati kuchedwa kulikonse pa mapulani omanga a kampaniyi kungayambitse kusowa kwa magetsi mtsogolo, zomwe zingawonjezere zoopsa zodalirika kwa zaka khumi kapena kuposerapo.
"Ngakhale kuti chiopsezochi chingaoneke ngati chapatali pazochitika zabwinobwino, kusokonekera kwa unyolo woperekera zinthu, kusowa kwa zinthu ndi misika yocheperako ya antchito zakhudza nthawi ya mapulojekiti mdziko lonse," adatero kafukufukuyu.
Mu 2021, TEP idawonjezera ma megawatts 449 a mphamvu ya mphepo ndi dzuwa, zomwe zidapangitsa kampaniyo kupereka pafupifupi 30% ya magetsi ake kuchokera kuzinthu zongowonjezwdwanso.
Malinga ndi kafukufuku watsopano wothandizidwa ndi TEP ndi mabungwe ena amagetsi aku Southwest, pofika chaka cha 2025, ngati mapulojekiti onse a mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa omwe akukonzekera ku Southwest sanamalizidwe pa nthawi yake, sadzatha kukwaniritsa kufunikira kwa magetsi komwe kukukulirakulira.
TEP ili ndi pulojekiti ya solar yomwe ikumangidwa, pulojekiti ya solar ya Raptor Ridge PV ya 15 MW pafupi ndi East Valencia Road ndi Interstate 10, yomwe ikuyembekezeka kutsegulidwa kumapeto kwa chaka chino, mothandizidwa ndi pulogalamu yolembetsa makasitomala ya solar ya GoSolar Home.
Kumayambiriro kwa Epulo, TEP idalengeza pempho lochokera ku gwero lonse la malingaliro a mphamvu zongowonjezedwanso ndi mphamvu zogwiritsira ntchito bwino mphamvu, kuphatikiza dzuwa ndi mphepo, ndi pulogalamu yoyankha kufunikira kuti achepetse kugwiritsidwa ntchito panthawi yomwe kufunikira kwakukulu kukufunika. TEP ikufunanso chuma "chokhazikika" chofika 300MW, kuphatikiza machitidwe osungira mphamvu omwe amapereka maola osachepera anayi patsiku nthawi yachilimwe, kapena mapulani oyankha kufunikira.
UES yapereka ma tender a mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa ndi mphamvu zogwiritsidwa ntchito bwino mpaka 170 MW komanso mphamvu zokwana 150 MW za makampani.
TEP ndi UES akuyembekeza kuti chida chatsopanochi chizigwira ntchito makamaka pofika mu Meyi 2024, koma osati mochedwa kuposa mu Meyi 2025.
Pansi pa jenereta ya turbine ku H. Wilson Sundt Power Station pa 3950 E. Irvington Road mu 2017.
Pakati pa nthawi yomwe magetsi opangira magetsi pogwiritsa ntchito malasha akutha, TEP iyenera kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu, kuphatikizapo kutsekedwa kwa Unit 1 ya mphamvu ya 170-megawatt ku San Juan Power Station kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa New Mexico komwe kukukonzekera mu June.
Barrios adati kusunga mphamvu zokwanira zopangira magetsi nthawi zonse kunali vuto, koma TEP ikuchita bwino kuposa ena mwa oyandikana nawo m'chigawochi.
Iye anatchula bungwe la New Mexico Public Service Corporation, lomwe linauza oyang'anira kuti linalibe ndalama zosungiramo zinthu mu Julayi kapena Ogasiti.
Mu February, New Mexico Public Service inaganiza zopitirizabe kupanga magetsi ena otsala omwe amagwiritsa ntchito malasha ku San Juan mpaka Seputembala, miyezi itatu kuchokera tsiku lomwe idakonzedwa kuti ipume pantchito, kuti iwonjezere ndalama zomwe idasunga nthawi yachilimwe.
Barrios anati TEP ikugwiranso ntchito pa pulogalamu yothandiza anthu omwe akufuna thandizo pomwe makasitomala amalola magetsi kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito magetsi nthawi yomwe magetsi akugwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kuti apewe kusowa kwa magetsi.
Kampaniyi tsopano ikhoza kugwira ntchito ndi makasitomala amalonda ndi mafakitale kuti ichepetse kufunikira kwa magetsi ndi ma megawatts 40 mwachangu, anatero Barrios, ndipo pali pulogalamu yatsopano yoyesera yomwe imalola anthu ena okhala m'nyumba kuti alandire ngongole ya $10 kotala lililonse kuti achepetse kufunikira kwa magetsi. Kugwiritsa ntchito kwawo chotenthetsera madzi ndi kwakukulu.
Kampaniyi ikugwirizananso ndi Tucson Water pa kampeni yatsopano ya "Beat the Peak" pofuna kulimbikitsa makasitomala kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu nthawi yomwe anthu ambiri amagwira ntchito, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala 3 mpaka 7 koloko madzulo nthawi yachilimwe, anatero Barrios.
Kampeniyi iphatikizapo zolemba pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ndi makanema zomwe zimaitana makasitomala kuti afufuze mapulani amitengo ndi njira zogwiritsira ntchito mphamvu moyenera kuti achepetse kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yomwe anthu ambiri amagwiritsa ntchito, adatero.
Kulowa kwa dzuwa pa Mtsinje wa Rillito pa Seputembala 1, 2021, ku Santa Cruz, tsiku limodzi pambuyo poti Mphepo Yamkuntho ya Nora yabweretsa mvula kwa maola ambiri ku Tucson, Arizona. Pafupi ndi malo omwe Mtsinje wa Santa Cruz umakumana, umathamanga pafupifupi pagombe limodzi.
Jeff Bartsch akuyika thumba la mchenga pa galimoto yonyamula katundu pafupi ndi Hi Corbett Field ku Tucson, Arizona, pa Ogasiti 30, 2021. Bartsch, yemwe amakhala pafupi ndi Craycroft Road ndi 22nd Street, adati ofesi ya mkazi wake, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti garaja, idasefukira kawiri. Mphepo yamkuntho ya Nora ikuyembekezeka kubweretsa mvula yamphamvu ndikuyambitsa kusefukira kwina.
Anthu oyenda pansi akuyenda kudutsa Capitol ndi Intersection 6 yomwe inali yonyowa pamene mvula yamkuntho ya Nora inagwa ku Tucson, Arizona, pa Ogasiti 31, 2021.
Anthu akudzaza matumba a mchenga ku Hi Corbett Field pamene mitambo ikudutsa ku Tucson, Arizona, pa Ogasiti 30, 2021. Mphepo yamkuntho ya Nora ikuyembekezeka kubweretsa mvula yamphamvu ndikuyambitsa kusefukira kwa madzi.
Elaine Gomez. Mlamu wake, Lucyann Trujillo, akumuthandiza kudzaza thumba la mchenga pafupi ndi Hi Corbett Field ku Tucson, Arizona, pa Ogasiti 30, 2021. Gomez, yemwe amakhala pafupi ndi 19th Street ndi Claycroft Road, adati nyumbayo idasefukira milungu ingapo yapitayo. Mphepo yamkuntho ya Nora ikuyembekezeka kubweretsa mvula yamphamvu ndikuyambitsa kusefukira kwina.
Anthu akudzaza matumba a mchenga ku Hi Corbett Field pamene mitambo ikudutsa ku Tucson, Arizona, pa Ogasiti 30, 2021. Mphepo yamkuntho ya Nora ikuyembekezeka kubweretsa mvula yamphamvu ndikuyambitsa kusefukira kwa madzi.
Nthawi yotumizira: Meyi-07-2022