Gil Alexander, an SCE spokesman, tells GlobeSt.com that thesolar array on the roof of the ProLogis building is the first stepin the utility's $875-million program to generate 250 megawatts ofelectricity with solar panels on 65 million sf of commercialproperty roofs in California. SCE expects to take about five yearsto complete the installations, which will produce enough power toserve approximately 162,000 homes. The installation at the ProLogisbuilding in Fontana, which is at the REIT's Kaiser DistributionPark, will generate enough electricity to power approximately 1,300homes, Alexander tells GlobeSt.com.

[IMGCAP(2)]The deal for SCE to lease the rooftop space fromProLogis links the largest electric utility in California with thelargest industrial owner and developer in SouthernCalifornia. JohnE. Bryson, chairman and CEO of SCE parent company EdisonInternational, says that SCE hopes to begin generating its firstpower from the rooftop installation in August. Alexander tellsGlobeSt.com that the summer startup of the solar plant will matchideally with the demand for electricity, which peaks in August andSeptember in Southern California.