Geothermal Power Generation-An Aggressive Utility Program

While water-dominated geothermal resources with potential for large scale power generation have been known to exist in Southern California for many years, they have not yet been commercially developed. In the last ten years, however, Southern California Edison as well as other utilities and resource production companies have made major commitments to the development of geothermal resources located in the Imperial Valley. Edison's program includes the construction of three flash steam power plants with varying objectives and designs which will assist in the assessment of the feasibility of hot water geothermal as a base load generation option.