Tempe Development Thread

[BurjKhalifa2Builder]

Insane Q but has anyone ever looked at moving the Ocotillo Power plant and replacing it with commercial developments? It's a top 10 producing plant so replacing it would be hard, but it is in a really prime location for the next 20 years of growth.

[ASU Diablo]

Originally Posted by BurjKhalifa2Builder

It's their new national HQ I believe

HQ will still be Oregon, this will be their AZ corporate office.

[combusean]

Originally Posted by BurjKhalifa2Builder

Insane Q but has anyone ever looked at moving the Ocotillo Power plant and replacing it with commercial developments? It's a top 10 producing plant so replacing it would be hard, but it is in a really prime location for the next 20 years of growth.

APS needs the power plant where it is. I'm not sure how power distribution works, but there's some sort of advantage/necessity of its location as opposed to generating stations farther flung.

[TllrSkyline-01]

Originally Posted by BurjKhalifa2Builder

Insane Q but has anyone ever looked at moving the Ocotillo Power plant and replacing it with commercial developments? It's a top 10 producing plant so replacing it would be hard, but it is in a really prime location for the next 20 years of growth.

The cost of moving that APS plant is insane...not worth it.

[cdfif030]

The plant is not moving anytime soon. They recently completed a plant modernization project in 2019 to replace the two 1960s era generators with four new peaker generators. Even worse for people within the immediate area, federal regulators already reported the plant spewed NOx, CO, and PM-10 at rates above EPA attainment levels before modernization (Federal Register). The modernization plan increased pollution.

"According to the EPA, modern coal plants can achieve greenhouse gas emission rates of around 1,700 lb CO2/MWh (pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour)," yet the "...Ocotillo plant would be allowed to emit greenhouse gases at a rate of 1,690 lb CO2/MWh." (Sierra Club)

It's not healthy for people to live within three miles of a natural gas plant. This is not a clean plant. It is a carcinogenic eye sore that sits adjacent to some of Arizona's densest census blocks.

https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...y-power-plants

https://www.sierraclub.org/planet/20...ural-gas-plant