Riverside Public Utilities - Riverside, California's Source of ElectricPower & Water

:: Green Power Links

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Today's Outlook of Electricity Supply and Demand

:: How Green Power works

Tree Power - What is the power of trees? Under their shade, you can reduce the cost of summer cooling. Tree Power is an energy efficiency conservation measure. Click here for details about our Tree Power rebate program, good for up to five free trees per year.

Sun Power - The sun releases a tremendous amount of energy that we can capture. We are increasing our installations of solar (or photovoltaic) panels that convert the sun's rays to electricity.

Look around the city and see if you can spot the "photovoltaic power generating stations." Some are special carport solar panels over the spaces at the Utilities Operations Center at Adams Street and Lincoln Avenue and the La Sierra Metrolink Station. A third site is a collection of apartment rooftop solar panels that help residents on Indiana Avenue save money every month on their electric bills. The city is exploring other exciting solar power projects.

Water Power - Hydroelectricity is produced as moving water turns turbines, generally as it flows from behind a dam.

Our water power, 30 megawatts or enough for about 19,500 homes, comes from Hoover Dam on the Colorado River.

Wind Power - When available, wind power is used in large scale wind farms and is abundant, renewable, and widely distributed.

Geothermal Power - There's more energy brewing underground, too, in the Coachella Valley.

Our earthquake fault zones allow easier access to tap naturally heated groundwater or steam to generate electricity. Riverside receives 20 megawatts of power and contracted for additional 26 megawatts for 2009. Heat from the Earth's core is another clean and constant source of power.

Bio Mass Power - There are opportunities provided at the local landfills for power production! Decomposition releases methane gas that is captured and burned to create electricity: around six megawatts or enough to power about 3,600 homes.