New Mexico's Four Corners Power Plant Shuts Unit for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Officials at the Four Corners Power Station, located in Fruitland, New Mexico, expect to return its 755-megawatt (MW) Unit 05 online by Thursday after it was shut down on Saturday due to a bottom ash and reheat problem. The unit is operated by Arizona Public Service (Phoenix, Arizona), a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE:PNW) (Phoenix).

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Plant officials said repairs were in progress. They said the unit would be ready to return online by Thursday, barring unforeseen problems.

The plant has two operational units, which total 1,510 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. Unit 4 was generating at full load capacity.

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