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Northern Nevada Correctional Center to Break Ground on Renewable Energy Facility

Posted on: Monday, 25 September 2006, 15:01 CDT

APS Energy Services (NYSE: PNW):

MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

WHAT: APS Energy Services and the Northern Nevada Correctional

Center will break ground on a Renewable Energy Center that

includes a wood-fired biomass boiler with a 1,000-kilowatt

steam turbine generator, and a 30-kilowatt photovoltaic

solar system. This combined heat and power plant will

utilize forest waste - wood chips - produced from

forest-thinning operations in the Sierra Nevada to produce

electricity, steam and hot water.

WHEN: 9 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26

WHERE: Northern Nevada Correctional Center, 1721 Snyder Ave.,

Carson City, Nev. (Administration Building). Officials from

the Northern Nevada Correctional Center, the state of Nevada

and APS Energy Services will be available for interview

opportunities.

WHY: This is believed to be the first renewable project of its

kind in Nevada. The demand for renewable energy projects

continues to rise as technologies improve and utility rates

continue to increase.

WHO: APS Energy Services is the full-service energy services

provider and competitive electricity subsidiary of Pinnacle

West Capital Corporation (NYSE: PNW), an Arizona-based

company with consolidated assets of about $11 billion and

annual revenues of about $3 billion. APS Energy Services

extends its services throughout Nevada, Arizona, California

and the Southwest, providing innovative solutions to meet

the challenges of the ever-changing energy market.

Source: Business Wire

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