Iberdrola Commissions Two New Power Plants in the US

Iberdrola has brought two new power plants in Wasco County, Oregon, into commercial operation through Avangrid, its U.S. subsidiary. The facilities — Daybreak Solar, with 189 MWdc, and Bakeoven Solar, with 80 MWdc — together add 269 MWdc of new locally generated capacity at a time of growing electricity demand across the country.

These new generation facilities, which are already supplying electricity to the local utility Portland General Electric (PGE), participate in a state programme designed to maximise access to newly built energy for large municipal, industrial and commercial customers, such as the technology company Intel. The programme enables large customers to secure new energy supplies in a flexible and competitive manner. Thanks to these projects and other facilities under development, Avangrid maintains its position as the programme’s leading energy supplier.

The commissioning of these two power plants supports local economic development and job creation in Oregon and reinforces Iberdrola’s commitment to the United States, where the Group has €49.4 billion in assets and plans to invest €16 billion by 2028.

Iberdrola currently serves a population of nearly 10 million people in the United States through its transmission and distribution networks New York, Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and has 80 generation facilities with a total installed capacity of nearly 11,000 MW.