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'''Mt. Poso Cogeneration Plant''' is a coal-fired biomass power station in California. As of 2012, the plant is co-owned by MacPherson Oil Company (in nearby Bakersfield, CA) and operated by [[Red Hawk DTE Energy]](a Detroit, Michigan-based utility).<ref name="MacPherson">MacPherson Oil Company, [[http://macphersonenergy.com/mt-poso-conversion.html MT. POSO COGENERATION PLANT GOES GREEN], corporate website, accessed July 2012</ref>In 2009, the plant was owned and operated by Northern Star GenerationLLC, National Petroleum Associates, and Red Hawk Energy, with each partner owning one-third.<ref>[http://www.pge.com/nots/rates/tariffs/tm2/pdf/ELEC_3489-E.pdf "Request for Extension and Modification of Mt. Poso Cogeneration Company"]]PG&E letter to CA Public Utilities Commission, and MacPherson Oil near BakersfieldAugust 7, California2009. </ref> The plant provides power to nearly nearby oil recovery fields, formerly using a blend of coal, [[coke]], and waste tires.

Mt. Poso Cogeneration Plant is currently being has been converted to burn 100% biomass -- agricultural and residential green waste from nearby areas.<ref>[http://mtposo.com/TheConversion/tabid/59/Default.aspx The Conversion], Mt. Poso Cogeneration Company website, accessed April 2009.</ref> [[DTE Energy]] is acquiring acquired stakes from owners Red Hawk Energy and Northern Star Generation. The third partner in the Mt Poso plant, MacPherson Oil, intends to continue its ownership and management interest in the facility. As a biomass facility, it would produce about 44MW of power, DTE said, enough electricity to supply about 35,000 homes. Power is to be sold to California utility [[PG&E]] under a long-term power purchase agreement. DTE has completed a similar biomass conversion, the [[Stoneman Generating Station]], in Cassville, Wisconsin, and has another under way in Stockton, California. It also operates biomass power plants in Woodland, California. and Mobile, Alabama. The biomass conversion is was originally expected to be complete completed by September 2010,<ref>[http://mtposo.com/TheConversion/tabid/59/Default.aspx The Conversion], Mt. Poso Cogeneration Company website, September 2009.</ref> but reportedly was actually finished in February 2012,<ref name="MacPherson"/> as later estimates predicted.<ref>James Cartledge, [http://www.brighterenergy.org/19137/news/bioenergy/dte-to-convert-california-coal-plant-to-biomass-fuel/ "DTE to convert California coal plant to biomass fuel"] BrighterEnergy.org, Nov. 9, 2010.</ref>

*'''Parent Company''': [[Red Hawk Energy]], [[Northern Star Generation]], and MacPherson Oil