Unit 2 at Texas' Limestone Plant Goes Offline for Repairs

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Limestone Electric Generating Station, which is located in Jewitt, Texas, underwent a forced outage over the weekend. The station is owned by NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) (Houston, Texas).

Limestone's Unit 2, which generates 877 megawatts (MW), was taken offline due to complications with a lube oil cooler. Plant personnel say that they continue to investigate the cause and plan to return the unit to service by this weekend.

The Limestone Electric Generating Station comprises two generating units with a total capacity of 1,713 MW. Unit 1 was not affected by the outage.

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