Pepco to build biogas-fueled CHP plant
Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, signed an agreement with DC Water to design, build and operate a combined heat and power (CHP) plant at the 370 mgd Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP). The company will design and build the project for $81 million. It will produce at least 14 MW to supply nearly 30 percent of the plant’s average power demand.
The company will also provide on-site operations and maintenance valued at $89 million over 15 years. The new CHP plant will be part of DC Water’s thermal hydrolysis and anaerobic
