Dominion Generation Completes $135 Million Expansion Project at Ladysmith Peaking Station in Virginia

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dominion Generation (Glen Allen, Virginia), a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Incorporated (NYSE: D) (Richmond, Virginia), has completed construction and commenced full commercial operation of the $135 million, 360-megawatt (MW) expansion project at the Ladysmith Peaking Power Station in Woodford, Virginia.

Construction of the project started in September 2007 and was completed earlier this year. The project consisted of adding two 180-MW dual fueled GE Energy (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut) MS7001FA combustion turbines to the existing facility. The new turbines will operate in a simple cycle peaking configuration and will feature state-of-the-art emissions-control technology, such as Dry Low NOx burners for the reduction of nitrous-oxide emissions. Ladysmith currently has a nameplate capacity of 342 MW and is designed to encase five units. With Units 3 and 4 now in commercial operation, the plant will be able to generate up to 700 MW of much needed power for Dominion customers.

Crowder Construction Company (Charlotte, North Carolina) provided the turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction services for the project and is currently performing site preparation for the fifth unit to be added to the facility. Construction for the last unit began earlier this month and is estimated to cost about $65 million. Commercial operation is scheduled to commence during the summer of 2009.

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