JEA planning for how to deliver electricity envisions more solar and also a new natural gas plant as the Sierra Club pushes for renewable energy.
JEA's ongoing study, called an, envisions launching a sizable expansion of solar farms that would make renewable energy a far bigger portion of how it generates electricity. But JEA also is putting construction of a new power plant fueled by natural gas in the mix of options that it's studying
Cross said he is not convinced JEA is"going to take bold steps" that will move it toward the Sierra Club's goal of JEA using renewable energy for all its electricity needs by 2050. In January the board will vote on a proposed deal for using a 150-megawatt solar source in the Florida Power & Light system. That contract would start in April and be a"solar bridge" to more renewable energy for JEA, according to a staff presentation.
The purchase of the land came as JEA pledged to ramp up solar energy, a move that won praise from environmentalists at the time. The JEA board also approved a mandate in 2017 that 30% of its fuel come from zero-carbon or carbon-neutral projects by 2030. The move to expand renewable energy in JEA's future plans isn't ending JEA's use of fossil fuels, however. Natural gas, coal and petroleum coke, which is a byproduct of the oil refining process, still would be major carbon-based fuels for creating the energy that generates electricity.
"With Northside Generating Stations, we're not saying decommission that tomorrow," Cross said."We're saying set the target at 2030 and then try to meet that target."
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