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Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is a not-for-profit municipal electric utility owned and operated by the City of Santa Clara, California, USA. SVP provides electricity service to approximately 52,000 residential and business customers, including large corporations such as Intel, Yahoo!, Applied Materials, Owens Corning and NVIDIA. SVP also owns and maintains a dark fiber network named SVP Fiber Enterprise, and provides citywide free outdoor Wi-Fi access as part of its installed wireless network communications system that supports SVP MeterConnect®, SVP’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) program. == History == The City of Santa Clara electric department was founded in 1896 when it installed 46 streetlights powered by a direct current generator. In January 1904 to 1965 the electric department began purchasing energy for resale to Santa Clara’s customers from the United Gas and Electric Company of San Jose, which later became part of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). PG&E supplied Santa Clara’s electric needs until 1965, when the electric department began to purchase its power from the US Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project (CVP). In 1968, Santa Clara became a founding member of the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) in order to work with other municipal electric utilities to jointly develop cost-effective energy sources. In 1980 the Santa Clara electric department became an energy producing utility for the first time since 1903 when it launched its own 6-megawatt (MW) cogeneration project, the first of three natural gas-fueled electricity generation plants in the City of Santa Clara. In 1983 Santa Clara and its NCPA partners became the first cities in the U.S. to invest in and operate a publicly owned geothermal plant, the 110 MW NCPA Geothermal Project,〔(“California and Western Electricity Supply Outlook Report, Appendices A-E” California Energy Commission (2005), p B-23 )〕 with Santa Clara having a 55% ownership interest. In 1998 the Santa Clara electric department was renamed Silicon Valley Power (SVP). Subsequent efforts to expand and diversify its electricity supply led to construction of the Donald Von Raesfeld combined cycle natural gas plant (2005), various partnerships in wind and hydroelectric generation sources,〔(“City of Santa Clara Electric Resources” Siliconvalleypower.com (2013) )〕 and 25 percent ownership of the Lodi Energy Center combined cycle natural gas plant (2012).〔(“State, Local Agencies Come Together to Dedicate State of the Art Lodi Energy Center” Northern California Power Association news release August 10, 2012 )〕 In 2007, SVP launched Santa Clara Green Power to provide residents and businesses the option to use only renewable energy. SVP continually pursues affordable renewable power options as the city general plan states an objective to be sustainable.〔(“Green, Greener Greenest. A summary of the City of Santa Clara’s efforts to protect the environment,” City of Santa Clara )〕 On average, in 2012 over 38 percent of the electricity distributed by SVP was from green resources,〔(“2013 Power Content Label” Silicon Valley )〕 and the City’s utility is nationally recognized for its reliable power, low rates, and customer satisfaction.〔(Schuk, Carolyn. “Silicon Valley Power Reliability Tops National Customer Satisfaction Survey” Santa Clara Weekly. (April 17, 2013) )〕〔("Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction,” E Source Gap and Priority Benchmark 2012: A Survey of Utility Large Business Customers )〕 In addition, the City owns an extensive dark fiber optic network to serve business customers. The SVP Fiber Enterprise is a department of SVP. SVP introduced two new services in 2013. Santa Clara was the first city in the U.S. to provide free citywide outdoor Wi-Fi access via an AMI wireless system〔("Kurhi, Eric. “Santa Clara becomes a free Wi-Fi city through power utility,” San Jose Mercury News (March 27, 2013) )〕 branded as SVP MeterConnect®, and SVP helped fund electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at the Central Park Library and the Santa Clara Convention Center.〔(“Library Unveils Electric Vehicle Charging Stations,” Santa Clara Weekly, )〕 SVP’s complete AMI project is being rolled out in the 2015-2016 time frame. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silicon Valley Power」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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