Purchased energy (electricity and natural gas) costs are a major expense for the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility (EWPCF).  To help minimize these costs, EWA has developed an Energy Strategic Plan, which is updated approximately every 5 years. The 2011 Plan places an emphasis on increasing the production and use of self-generated energy.

EWA has a long term goal that calls for the facility to work toward independence from purchased energy.  While it is not expected that the facility will be able to achieve complete independence, approaching that target is beneficial.  The current Energy Strategic Plan includes the following elements to help EWA work towards that goal.

    Reducing energy consumption;
    Increasing self-generated biogas;
    Increasing self-generated electricity;
    Reducing air emissions from the cogeneration engines to remove run-time constraints imposed by air permits; and
    Expanding EWA’s cogeneration facility.

To view EWA's 2011 Energy and Emissions Strategic Plan Click Here.