SRP has signed an agreement to purchase 100% of the electricity generated from what is expected to be the first wind energy farm constructed in Arizona. The Dry Lake Wind Project will be located about 18 miles northwest of Snowflake just east of Arizona State Route 377.
SRP will receive 63 megawatts of energy to SRP from this wind farm, which is enough energy to power more than 15,000 average residential homes.
Dry Lake's Phase 1 will include approximately 30 wind turbines SRP also has the first option to buy additional power from the Dry Lake project if the wind farm expands within three years of the start of the agreement.
Under SRP's Sustainable Portfolio goals set by its publicly elected Board of Directors, SRP must secure sustainable and renewable resources to meet 15% of its retail energy needs by 2025.