Benzinga | May 12, 2021 06:45AM EDT

Ormat Signs 15-Year Power Purchase Agreement With Clean Power Alliance for Heber South Geothermal Facility

Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ORA) announced that it has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Clean Power Alliance (CPA), which is the fifth largest electricity provider in California and the single largest provider of 100% renewable energy to customers in the nation. Under terms of the agreement, effective January 1, 2022, CPA will purchase 14 MW of clean, renewable energy from Ormat's Heber South Geothermal facility located in Imperial Valley, CA. The CPA Board of Directors approved the PPA during its May 6 meeting. This 14 MW of baseload geothermal power is expected to advance CPA's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals while enhancing overall reliability for CPA's more than one million southern California customer accounts.



The PPA replaces the original PPA with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), which had a shorter remaining duration and was subject to an early termination option. This is Ormat's first contract with CPA, creating the potential for additional agreements in the future as CPA pursues aggressive goals to provide renewable energy to southern California.