Southern Company Services Completes Georgia Power's 571MW Plant Franklin Phase 2

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Southern Company Services Incorporated (NYSE: SO) (Birmingham, Alabama), a subsidiary of The Southern Company (Atlanta, Georgia), is completing phase 2 of a 3-phase 1,710 megawatt combined cycle natural gas fired power project for its sister operating company Georgia Power Company (Atlanta, Georgia). The Franklin power station is located close to the company's existing hydroelectric plant in Lee County Alabama.

The second phase consists of two GE frame 7FA combustion turbine generators with Mark V SPEEDTRONIC(TM) control systems, two Vogt NEM duct-fired heat recovery steam generators (HRSG), and a GE D11 steam turbine generator set with a total nameplate capacity of 570MW. The second phase is scheduled to come on line for commercial operation June 1, 2003.

Georgia Power was founded in 1883 and services over 1.9 million customers. Georgia Power with its generating capacity of over 15,000 MW is the largest of the Southern Company subsidiaries.