Best Practice Guide

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Lighting

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Boilers

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Combined Heat and Power

Compressed Air

Refrigeration

Motors

Demand Response

Distributed Generation

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Best Practice Guide Glossary

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THERMAL POWER PLANT Return to list of terms

Any stationary or floating electrical generating facility using any source of thermal energy, with a generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more, and any facilities appurtenant thereto. Exploratory, development, and production wells, resource transmission lines, and other related facilities used in connection with a geothermal exploratory project or a geothermal field development project are not appurtenant facilities for the purposes of this division. Thermal powerplant does not include any wind, hydroelectric, or solar photovoltaic electrical generating facility.

Source: California Energy Commission