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Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc. said it may build fourgas-fired generating units at an industrial park in Martinsville,VA, and add to the gas pipeline infrastructure there to support theplant and the gas needs of the surrounding area.

Cinergy Capital & Trading, Inc. said it may build fourgas-fired generating units at an industrial park in Martinsville,VA, and add to the gas pipeline infrastructure there to support theplant and the gas needs of the surrounding area.

With 5,900 MW of new mostly gas-fired generation capacity comingonline this winter across the United States, the North AmericanElectric Reliability Council concluded in its latest WinterAssessment that “electric resources will be adequate” to meetprojected electricity demand.

With 5,900 MW of new mostly gas-fired generation capacity comingonline this winter across the United States, the North AmericanElectric Reliability Council concluded in its latest WinterAssessment that “electric resources will be adequate” to meetprojected electricity demand.

Edison Mission Energy (EME), an affiliate of Southern California Edison, said it has acquired the rights to a 320 MW natural gas-fired peaking power facility in Kern County — which could be online by next August — and is offering to sell the power to the state.

Dominion is on course to add 1,100 MW of natural gas-firedgeneration to its electric portfolio in Pennsylvania by the secondquarter of 2004 to help meet growing energy demand in the region.The merchant power facility will sell competitive energy to buyersin newly opened wholesale markets.

Edison Mission Energy (EME), an affiliate of Southern CaliforniaEdison, said it has acquired the rights to a 320 MW naturalgas-fired peaking power facility in Kern County — which could beonline by next August — and is offering to sell the power to thestate.

San Jose, CA-based Calpine Corp. announced Monday it has bought the rights to build, own and operate a $510 million, 850 MW natural gas-fired electric generating plant along the Ohio River in Hamilton Township, Lawrence County, OH. The plant, called the Lawrence Energy Center, is targeted for starting operations in 2004. Calpine said it bought the plant rights from Hanging Rock Energy Project, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of a Boston-based firm that had started the preliminary development efforts for the project. The proposed plant, which will be designed so it can provide peak-demand capacity up to 1,100 MW and 850 MW on a baseload basis, will interconnect with Columbus, OH-based American Electric Power at its Hanging Rock substation, from which the plant could sell into four or five regional markets, including Ontario, Canada. The Lawrence project is Calpine’s second in Ohio; it is currently seeking state siting approval for a proposed 540 MW generating plant, the Fremont Energy Center, in Sandusky Twp. To date, Calpine, which announced several purchases and projects in several states last week, now has about 26,800 MW of baseload capacity and 5,100 MW of peaking capacity in operation, under construction or announced development in 27 states and Alberta, Canada.

The chairman of Canada’s National Energy Board, Ken Vollman, hasfired a shot across the bows of the international natural gascommunity, urging it to do more than count the profits from today’shigh prices.