Coolidge, Arizona

9 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 A Partner in Economic Growth and Opportunity Salt River Project (SRP), a not-for-profit, community-based utility company, provides power to more than 1 million customers across 15 Arizona cities and delivers nearly 750,000 acre-feet of water to the region each year. All of this is done with a focus on ensuring the state’s continued sustainability and growth. Resource availability is paramount to a company’s performance, productivity and profitability. SRP’s energy sources, including peaking gas, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and large and low-impact hydro, are instrumental in powering this thriving region. In fact, SRP operates a flexible natural gas plant and two 100-megawatt solar plants in the Coolidge area. “SRP is a proud member of the Coolidge community, and our facilities contribute property taxes and community stewardship to support continued opportunity in the region,” said John Coggins, Associate General Manager & Chief Power System Executive for SRP. Among those that benefit from SRP’s community support is the United Way of Pinal County, an organization that provides services for those facing hardship in the region. “SRP donations are not only a lifeline,” said Allen Villalobos, Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Pinal County. “They can also help [us] begin to reimagine and rebuild communities so that everyone has the opportunity to thrive.” By embracing a shared responsibility to build a reliable, sustainable energy future, and investing in communities like Coolidge, SRP helps solidify Arizona as one of the country’s best places to live and do business. ...... To learn more, please visit our website www.srpnet.com scale solar projects, producing more than 400 megawatts of power. One of Arizona’s largest power suppliers, Salt River Project (SRP), in turn provides this green energy to companies like Facebook, Google and Intel. SRP, has also negotiated a power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy for another 88 megawatts including a battery storage facility. Currently, 4,000 acres are already producing clean energy and more will come online in the coming years. Miller acknowledges, “Alternative energy has become a major component of land use representing about 16 percent of our total planning area boundary. Coolidge is fast becoming one of the largest sustainable energy producers in the state.” The Salt River Project also has a gas fired electric generation plant with 12 aero derivative turbine engines and is in the approval process for 16 additional turbines. This nearly $1 billion project, Mayor, Jon Thompson COOL IDGE , AR I ZONA