Worthington Public Utilities Prepares for 2002 by Adding 14MW of Peaking Power

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Inc.; Houston, Texas). Worthington Public Utilities, a municipal utility department in the city of Worthington, Minnesota, is installing seven diesel-fired Caterpillar 2 mega-watt (MW) reciprocating engine/generator sets at the Rowe Avenue Substation to provide peaking and emergency power to the grid. The Utility has been a Transmission & Distribution Electric Utility; this is their first foray into generation.

Worthington Public Utilities' current peak load is 39.3MW. Distribution is provided at 15kV and transmission is provided at 69kV. They supplied 5,012 customers in 1999 and employ approximately 25 employees with annual revenues over $8 million.