OGE Energy Corp. has scored a second natural gas transportationcontract in less than a month for its Transok pipeline system, thelatest with PECO Energy Co.’s Power Team to transport gas to a new800 MW power plant under construction in Jenks, OK. Enogex Inc., anOGE subsidiary, will operate the new facility.

Earlier this month, the Oklahoma City-based company obtained atransportation contract for Transok to transport gas to CalpineCorp.’s new 1,100 MW power generation plant under construction inCoweta, OK (see Daily GPI, Dec. 12).

In the deal announced Monday, PECO’s Power Team will contract tomarket the electrical output of the Jenks plant and will beresponsible for purchasing the natural gas supplies. CogentrixEnergy Inc., based in Charlotte, NC, formed Green Country EnergyLLC earlier this year to develop the power plant project.

The Transok pipeline will provide 100% of the firm gastransportation requirements for the new station in Jenks, which isdesigned to burn 150 MMcf/d. Testing is scheduled to begin in May2001, with full operation expected by January 2002.

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