ALLETE Clean Energy signs five-year power purchase agreement with Seattle City Light
Through a new, five-year power purchase agreement with Seattle City Light, ALLETE Clean Energy announced who will benefit from its 50 MW Condon wind site in northern Oregon, while adding in potential cooperation on solar energy and/or energy storage capacity at that site.
While ALLETE Clean Energy has worked with Fortune 500 companies and large electric utilities across the country, Seattle City Light will become ALLETE Clean Energy’s first municipal customer, and represents an in-road with that utility’s more than 493,000 customers.
“We’re excited to provide affordable, renewable wind energy to Seattle City Light from our Condon wind site and proud to help Seattle City Light meet their sustainability goals as we advance the clean-energy future,” Nicole Johnson, ALLETE Clean Energy president, said. “This agreement also furthers our strategy of leveraging our existing wind sites with potential for complementary renewable additions and gaining new contracts.”
Condon has been in service for some time, but was refurbished in 2019 to both extend its operating life and requalify for federal production tax credits. At that time, its equipment and systems were updated to extend one aspect of ALLETE Clean Energy’s more than 1,500 MW of wind capacity.
“Seattle City Light prioritizes creating our energy future on behalf of and in partnership with our customers and the communities we serve,” Emeka Anyanwu, Seattle City Light’s Energy Innovation & Resources Officer, said. “To meet reliability, affordability, and environmental responsiveness goals, we strive to leverage resources like the Condon project to expand our supply mix with renewable energy resources supporting our efforts to enable decarbonization through electrification of transportation, buildings, and industry. In doing so, we will help communities to shift further away from fossil fuels, meeting the climate crisis head-on.”
