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(PROFILE) Tres Amigas LLC
Tres Amigas will be built on 14,400 acres of land in New Mexico. The initial phase will cost approximately $450 million, have a capacity of 5,000 MW and be completed in early 2014.
In Threes
The Tres Amigas Superstation will link the three U.S. electric grids with renewable energy. by Russ Gager
any sections of the United States are linked by bridges, and to use some of them, a toll is charged. Not as many bridges over water are required in New Mexico, but to bridge the three privately-owned electric grids in the United States with sources of renewable energy, Tres Amigas LLC will charge a toll. Many states are requiring public utilities to obtain 20 to 30 percent of their electrical power from renewable
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Tres Amigas LLC www.tresamigasllc.com Headquarters: Santa Fe, N.M. U.S. employees: Four David Stidham, COO and senior vice president: “One of our great assets is going to be the software that will allow energy trading between the three grids.”
resources by 2020 or 2030, and Tres Amigas – with its in Clovis, N.M., base at the convergence of the eastern, western and Texan grids – will make that possible. Electricity must be used as soon as it is generated because it cannot be stored. “Renewable energy is generated in places that can’t use it, so Tres Amigas will get it to that market,” says David Stidham, COO and senior vice president. “Each state has to have a certain amount of renewables in its energy
portfolio, and we’ll be able to provide that.” For example, New Mexico has an estimated 27,000 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind generation capacity, Stidham says, but only uses approximately 5,000 MW of electricity. “Tres Amigas will link the grids,” Stidham explains. “We’re like a toll bridge – a toll bridge that will span the gap. We’ll charge a toll for going across the bridge and aligning to the various energy markets. Of course, the toll will be offset by savings that can be
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Energy & Infrastructure - Winter/Spring 2011
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Environmental Dynamics
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