SkyGen Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Calpine Corp., will use powerfrom its Broad River Energy Center expansion project to supplyCP&L Energy’s growing customer base. Northbrook, IL-basedSkyGen developed the center before its acquisition by San Jose,CA-based Calpine earlier this month.

The center, a natural gas-fired project, is being constructed intwo phases. The first phase, which consists of three combustionturbines capable of producing 540 MW, began commercial operationlast June. The second phase, announced yesterday, involvesinstalling two additional combustion turbines capable of producingan additional 350 MW. Construction of the second phase should becompleted next summer. Production from all five units will be soldto CP&L under long-term power agreements.

Tom D. Kilgore, president of CP&L Energy Ventures, thecompany’s non-regulated arm, said the addition of capacity fromunits 4 and 5 would bolster the company’s asset base in afast-growing region.

“The additional capacity from Broad River, coupled with theextensive generation we’re building in the Carolinas and Georgia,will help us in continuing to meet our retail customers’ needs,while opening up new opportunities for us in the competitivewholesale markets,” said Kilgore.

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