Calcasieu

Cheniere Energy Inc. on Tuesday said it has secured an option on a large site at the mouth of the Calcasieu Channel in Cameron Parish, LA, to develop its fourth proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Cheniere Energy Inc. on Tuesday said it has secured an option on a large site at the mouth of the Calcasieu Channel in Cameron Parish, LA, to develop its fourth proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Dynegy has announced plans to construct a 155 MW naturalgas-fired power generation facility, the Calcasieu GenerationProject, near Lake Charles, LA. Power generated at thesimple-cycle peaking facility will be sold in the wholesale powermarket starting in the second quarter of 2000.The plant will belocated on the site of a recently constructed natural gas liquidsfractionation facility operated by subsidiary Dynegy MidstreamServices Ltd. Partnership. The power will enter the grid through a230 kilovolt Entergy Services transmission line interconnect.