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ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION & TRANSMISSION

JBR has conducted work at over 70 electric power generating stations, and hundreds of transmission and distribution facilities. JBR’s offices are ideally located  to support the electric power industry in the Western U.S., while providing services to power industry clients throughout the country.  

Our historical client list includes regulated and non-regulated power providers from small rural companies to the largest utilities in the West. Facilities we have worked with include:

  • Pulverized coal plants up to 1,800 MW
  • Hydroelectric plants up to 728 MW
  • Dry steam, flash, and binary geothermal plants up to 32 MW
  • Simple and combined cycle gas plants up to 540 MW
  • Solar plants up to 64 MW
  • Wind farms
  • Diesel and cogeneration plants
  • Transmission lines, switchyards, and substations from 69kV to 500kV
  • Distribution lines, substations, and service centers
  • Offices, warehouses, and maintenance shops

Our employees excel at conducting quality work, having conducted hundreds of baseline studies, permitting, monitoring, and compliance projects at a variety of electric power facilities.

Electric Energy Generation & Transmission Projects

COMPLIANCE AUDITS FOR MULTIPLE COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
JBR has performed comprehensive environmental compliance audits at more than 10 coal-fired electrical generation power plants in the mountain west region periodically over the last 15 years.
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DESERT TORTOISE SURVEYS, NEVADA POWER'S REID GARDNER FACILITY
In support of Nevada Power Company’s Reid Gardener Power Plant Facilities Expansion Project, JBR biologists conducted presence-or-absence and zone of influence surveys for the presence of the Threatened desert tortoise on 560 acres near Moapa, Nevada.
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GARKANE ENERGY 138 KV LINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
JBR is working with the Dixie National Forest as a third-party contractor to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed 138 kV transmission line that would provide needed additional power capacity to Hatch, Utah.
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GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION CONSULTING
JBR provided and is continuing to provide a wide range of services for this geothermal exploration project, from permitting to environmental surveys to agency coordination.
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NV ENERGY ON LINE SEIS (FORMERLY ELY ENERGY CENTER PROJECT)
JBR conducted extensive baseline studies and is preparing an SEIS for a 230-mile transmission project in Nevada.
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SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR A CONFIDENTIAL UTILITY
JBR worked closely with corporate and facility professionals to develop and implement compliant SHWMPs for eight coal-fired and seven gas-fired generation facilities located in the Rocky Mountain West.
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UTAH GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT COMPLIANCE FOR A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT
JBR provided regulatory compliance services to a Utah electrical power plant, related to uncontrolled releases of contaminants from bottom ash ponds that spanned more than 100 acres.
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UTILITY ASSET TRANSACTION PROJECTS, FLATHEAD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AND‭ ‬WESTERN OREGON ELECTRICAL COOPERATIVE, FLATHEAD,‭ ‬MONTANA AND‭ ‬VERNONIA,‭ ‬OREGON
JBR provided environmental management services to these electrical cooperative transaction projects.
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