IEC Completes Central Utility Plant Study for Sacramento Railyards Development

Sacramento, Calif., May 20, 2008 – IEC produced a thorough report to determine the equipment and associated cost of installing a Central Utility Plant and distribution piping network at the Sacramento Railyards development. SMUD approached IEC to conduct an in-depth engineering analysis and develop a complete report to estimate the scope and cost of installing a central energy supply plant and distribution system to serve the development. This included recommending the major equipment that would best serve the heating and cooling needs of the Railyards development, defining the space requirements for the plant, and determining the O&M costs and capital costs for cogeneration equipment. SMUD found the report to be very thorough and well prepared; as a result, SMUD assigned additional work to IEC to perform an analysis of three additional options for the system.