Community Benefits

The CPV Sentinel Standby Power Project

Local benefits and regional energy solutions

Protects against blackouts

CPV Sentinel will operate only during periods of peak demand for electricity – 15 percent to 30 percent of the year – to protect against blackouts and stabilize the overall power grid system. CPV Sentinel will generate 800 MWof power – enough power to protect the entire Coachella Valley in time of crisis.

Generates new local revenues

• $25 million in sales tax
• $5 million in annual property tax revenue
  
  
  

Creates new jobs

• 350 new construction jobs with a $40 million payroll
• 14 permanent jobs with a $1.3 million payroll
• More than 380 indirect jobs during construction creating $15 million in payroll and $2.6 million in business taxes

Provides clean energy

CPV Sentinel will only use clean burning natural gas. Higher efficiency and lower air emissions make CPV Sentinel state-of-the-art in clean power generation.

Benefits the Valley's groundwater

Every year, CPV Sentinel will deliver into the aquifer much more water than it will ever use. The unused water will be left in the ground to benefit the local aquifer. Additionally, CPV Sentinel will fund water conservation projects that far exceed Sentinel's water use, further benefiting Coachella Valley's water supply

The ideal location for the Valley’s needed standby power project

The CPV Sentinel site is 37 acres adjacent to SCE’s Devers Substation north of I-10 and east of Highway 62. The site is already zoned for a power plant and transmission lines are already in place.

"Every year, CPV Sentinel will deliver into the aquifer much more water than it will ever use. The unused water will be left in the ground to benefit the local aquifer."