Griffith Energy LLC Schedules Commercial Operation of Their New 600MW Baseload Plant by Late August

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The following is an advisory from Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Inc.; Houston, Texas). Griffith Energy, LLC a 50/50 joint venture between PPL Global (Fairfax Va.) and Duke Energy North America (Charlotte NC.) has completed construction of the $300 million Griffith Energy Project in Mojave County near Golden Valley, AZ. Commercial operation of the plant is expected to commence by late August 2001. Generating Equipment includes two GE Power Systems model MS7001FA combustion turbines, two Vogt-NEM heat recovery steam generators and a Toshiba steam turbine generator capable of producing 600 megawatts (MW) of baseload capacity. BVZ Power Partners (Black & Veatch/Zachry) constructed the plant. The project will supply wholesale energy to the Western Systems Coordinating Council (WSCC) via transmission connection to the Mead, NV 500/345/230kV substation.