NRG Goes Commercial with Third 171MW Peaking Unit at Rockford Illinois Plant.

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; (Houston, Texas). NRG Incorporated (NYSE: NRG) (Minneapolis, Minnesota), the unregulated subsidiary of Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) (Minneapolis Minnesota), started commercial operations on June 1, 2002 in Rockford, Illinois with Rockford II Unit 21, a 171megawatt (MW) simple-cycle natural gas-fired Siemens Westinghouse V84.3A2 combustion turbine/generator.

The Rockford Plant is located at 136 Harrison Avenue and now has the capability to provide 498MW of peaking power to the grid. Indeck Energy Services Incorporated (Wheeling, Illinois) operates the plant. NRG acquired the Rockford Plant from Indeck. Construction of the unit began last fall.

NRG Energy was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company is one of the world's leading competitive energy providers. As of May 2002, NRG had net ownership of 78 projects (227 facilities) in operation & under construction representing over 25,000MW of capacity with over 6,000MW planned in acquisition or development phases.