Dynegy announced the second phase of development on theCalcasieu Generation Project, a gas-fired peaking facility nearLake Charles, LA. The addition of a 165 MW combustion turbine willbe completed during the second quarter of 2001, bringing the powerplant’s total generating capacity to a nominal 320 MW. Constructionon the initial 155 MW phase began during the fourth quarter of1999. Commercial operation will begin on June 1, 2000. “We’vedecided to expand the facility’s generating capacity in order tomeet the rapidly growing demands of the wholesale energy market inthe state of Louisiana and throughout the Southeast. If marketconditions warrant, this site could potentially see furtherexpansion beyond 2001,” said Steve Bergstrom, Dynegy president andCOO. The Calcasieu Generation Project is constructed on a 20-acresite within the Rose Bluff Industrial Area near Lake Charles. Gaswill be delivered through Koch Gateway and Sabine Pipe Line.Transmission access for power transactions will be delivered via a230-kV Entergy Services transmission line. In addition, Dynegyannounced it signed a five-year power purchase agreement with ClecoCorp., a regional energy services company based in Pineville, LA,to supply up to 310 MW of capacity and energy. The majority will besupplied by the Calcasieu Generation Project.

According to remarks made this week at The New England GasAssociation’s annual conference, the region’s gas industrycontinues to add customers and new supply capabilities. Growth isreflected in such developments as: 25% growth in the region’spipeline infrastructure over the last year with two new pipelinesfrom Canada — the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System(PNGTS) and the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline from NovaScotia; system expansions by the region’s transmission and localdistribution companies; a new supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG)from Cabot LNG’s Atlantic LNG Project, which made first deliveriesto New England in May 1999; more gas customers in New England thanever before, more than 2.2 million; and the region’s gas utilitiesreached a new record sendout of gas Jan. 17, reaching 3.4 Bcf, a13% increase over the previous record.

Energycentric.com of Chicago has formed what it says is thefirst online business-to-business marketplace dedicated to theequipment and services side of the energy industry — an estimated$30 billion market. “By applying the strengths of the Internet tothe energy equipment industry, Energycentric.com will improveprocurement cycles, tighten inventories and extend the buying ormarket reach of individual companies,” said Susan Craft,Energycentric.com founder and CEO. “Based on the experience ofother industries, this could mean an estimated industry savings of20%, freeing energy companies to invest more in their corecompetencies. “The energy products and services industry is highlyfragmented on both ends of the buying and selling process, and wehave a technology solution that creates a one-stop digitalmarketplace, which handles everything from research and planning toprocurement and fulfillment.”

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