Pump Malfunction Forces Gerald Andrus Plant Offline

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Entergy’s Gerald Andrus power station was forced offline yesterday due to a malfunction in one of the mechanical turbine components. The station was forced to remove the 782-megawatt (MW) Unit 01 when engineers discovered issues occurring in the EHC (electro-hydraulic control) pump. The plant is calling in the expertise of General Electric (manufacturer of the unit) to resolve the issue. Engineers are hoping to have the pump repaired and the unit returned to the grid by this weekend.

The Gerald Andrus power plant is located in Greenville, Mississippi and consists of a natural gas-fired unit capable of producing 782 megawatts. The unit became operational in 1975 and was manufactured by General Electric. This peak load unit will generate electricity when demand is heavy or if called upon by transmission load operators.

The power station is owned by Entergy Corporation headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a Fortune 500 company with revenues of more than $10 billion in 2006. It owns and operates power stations with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity. Entergy delivers electricity to approximately 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. It is the second largest nuclear generator in the United States.

Plant Profile: 1005716
Outage: 60323

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