Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative & WVPA Begin Construction of New Peaking Plant in Indiana

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative (Bloomington, Indiana) (67% ownership) and Wabash Valley Power Associates (WVPA) (Indianapolis, Indiana) (33% ownership) began construction of the Lawrence County Energy Station in Mitchell, Indiana located in Lawrence County. (Plant 1056731, PEC 11001995)

Construction for the project began in early August 2003 and is scheduled to be completed by January 2005. The plant will consist of six 43-megawatt GE Power Systems LM6000 SPRINT combustion turbine generators that will be equipped with fogging to help boost turbine efficiency. Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative will be responsible for four of the units and Wabash Valley Power Associates will be responsible for the other two. By operating in a peaking capacity mode, this plant will generate a maximum of 262-megawatts of energy during hot summer and cold winter months, the time when power demands are at their highest in the city of Mitchell.

The owner's engineering contract was awarded to Burns & McDonnell. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, Burns & McDonnell specialize in assisting with every phase of power generation project, from financial studies, planning, and environmental analysis and permitting to design and construction management.

The Industrial Company (TIC), headquartered in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, was awarded the general construction contract. The Industrial Company (TIC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of TIC Holdings, Incorporated. TIC has proven to be a highly diversified industrial contractor, involved in all major industrial markets. TIC has extensive experience involving a variety of different technologies, fuel types, and configurations.

Hoosier Energy is a generation and transmission cooperative providing electric power and services to 16 member distribution cooperatives in 48 central and southern Indiana counties. Hoosier Energy's power production and delivery system includes two coal-fired generating plants - the 1,070 megawatt Merom Station and the 250-megawatt Ratts Station - and 1,400-mile transmission system.

Wabash Valley Power is a generation and transmission cooperative based in Indianapolis, Indiana, which provides wholesale electricity to 27 distribution systems in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. Wabash Valley is part owner of the Gibson Generating Station in southwestern Indiana and is an equity member of ACES Power Marketing, a federation of power marketing services.