Stryker Creek Plant in Texas Shuts Down Unit for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Workers at the Stryker Creek Power Station, located in Jacksonville, Texas, began repairing its 176-megawatt (MW) Unit 1 on Thursday after they discovered an issue with the feed water heater.

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Officials at the plant said that the unit had been taken offline for several days for economic reasons, and they detected the problem after beginning restart procedures. The plant is owned by Luminant Energy (Dallas, Texas), a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corporation (Dallas).

Plant officials said they left the unit offline for repairs and plan to return it online by Monday.

The power plant has two generating units and a total generating capacity of 702 MW when at full load. Unit 2 remained online at full load.

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