Kramer Junction SEGS III, IV, V, VI,VII.Kramer Junction Solar Power PlantsKramer Junction Solar Power Plants The Kramer Junction Company (KJC) is the Managing General Partner of the five 30-Megawatts solar thermal electric generating facilities located in the Mojave Desert at Kramer Junction, California. The designed total combined output of the plants was to be approximately 165 Megawatts at full capacity. Together with its wholly owned subsidiary, KJC Operating Company, KJC operates and manages these facilities (SEGS III-VII). The Kramer Junction Solar Electric Generating System (SEGS) projects are a series of utility-scale solar thermal electric power plants which were designed and developed in the mid-1980's by LUZ Industries. Solel Solar Systems has improved the efficiency of the HCE technology significantly over the last few years.The plants operate on solar driven power, to ensure uninterrupted power during peak demand periods. On cloudy days or early evenings, an auxiliary natural gas-fired heater is available and operates to supplement sources of power (the energy supplied by natural gas is limited by regulations to 25% of the total effective annual plant energy input). Operations are constantly monitored and optimized by customized computer controls.The Kramer Junction project has a 30 year exclusive contract to provide energy agreements to sell to the local electric utility company (Southern California Edison). The Kramer Junction SEGS projects are "peaking" facilities, or in other words, they provide the major portion (over 80%) of their output during those hours when there is the greatest demand on the utility's power supply, particulalry on hot afternoons. Solel together with KJC are working to improve the solar thermal technology and make the cost of producing solar thermal electric power increasingly competitive. Description of Power Plants5 fields of 33 MW each Operational and commercially viable since 1985 Excellent reliability Displaces over one million barrels of oil 15 additional years working life expected