Sempra Energy Constructs 1,250MW Mesquite Power Plant in Arizona

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The following is an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Inc; Houston, Texas). Sempra Energy Resources, a unit of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) (San Diego, California), will soon complete the underground piping and foundation for a 1,250MW power plant near Arlington, Arizona. Located on a 400-acre site, the Mesquite generating station is being built to serve the southwest power market, including utilities and other whole energy purchasers.

At an estimated $690 million project cost, the 1,250MW plant is the second largest merchant power plant under construction in the state, second only to the 2,300MW Gila River project. The plant will have a natural gas fired combined-cycle configuration consisting of two 625MW power blocks, each having two GE model PG7241FA combustion turbine generators and a single GE steam turbine generator. The first block will come online mid year 2003, with the second block scheduled to come online in the beginning of 2004.

BVZ Power Partners, a combination of Black & Veatch, Overland Contracting, and Zachry Construction Company Corporation, is providing engineering and construction services for the project.