Alabama Power Begins Commercial Operation of the Harris Generating Station

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Alabama Power Company (Birmingham, Alabama), a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO) (Atlanta, Georgia), began commercial operation of the Harris Generating Station (Plant 1051461) located in Autauga County, in Prattville, Alabama. The plant began commercial operation during the first week of July.

The 1,220-megawatt plant will operate in a 4-on-2 combined-cycle configuration consisting of four 170-megawatt GE Power Systems Frame 7FA gas-fired combustion turbines (MS7001FA) with Deltak heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) and two 285-megawatt Alstom Power Incorporated steam turbines. Each of the Frame 7FA's will utilize Inlet air cooling equipment and duct burners to increase the plants electrical output.

Both the owner's engineering and the general construction contracts were awarded to GBV-Alabama (Billingsley, Alabama), a joint venture formed by Gilbert Industrial Corporation, an affiliate of Peter Kiewit Sons, Incorporated of Omaha, and Overland Contracting, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Black & Veatch Holding Company of Kansas City, Missouri.

Black & Veatch Corporation is a leading global engineering, construction and consulting company specializing in infrastructure development in the fields of energy, water, and information.

Peter Kiewit Sons Incorporated is one of the largest construction and mining companies in North America, with more than 30 district and area offices in the United States and Canada.