Entergy's Harrison County Power Plant on Track for Mid Year Commercial Operation

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) (New Orleans, Louisiana) has completed the erection phase of the 570MW Harrison County Electrical Generating Station and is on track to enter commercial operation this summer. Cleaning and final checkout of the plant's generating equipment and auxiliary systems are underway. Commercial operation is scheduled for June 1, 2003.

The Harrison County Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant that will utilize two combustion turbines, heat recovery steam generators and a single steam turbine in a combined cycle configuration. The plant is located off State Highway 43 approximately eight miles southwest of Marshall, Texas.

Engineering, construction, and start-up services are being performed by Stone & Webster, a unit of The Shaw Group Shaw Group Incorporated (NYSE: SGR) (Baton Rouge, Louisiana).

Entergy is a major global energy company with power production, distribution operations and related diversified services. Entergy owns, manages, or invests in power plants generating more than 30,000 megawatts of electricity domestically and internationally, and delivers electricity to about 2.6 million customers in portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Through Entergy-Koch, L.P., it is also a leading provider of wholesale energy marketing and trading services.