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.
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Calpine Keeps Buying: Ohio This Week
San Jose, CA-based Calpine Corp. announced Monday it has boughtthe rights to build, own and operate a $510 million, 850 MW naturalgas-fired electric generating plant along the Ohio River inHamilton Township, Lawrence County, OH. The plant, called theLawrence Energy Center, is targeted for starting operations in2004.
APP Signs Outsourcing Deal With ASI, Heinz
Americas Power Partners (APP) has teamed up with steam productand service provider Armstrong Service Inc. (ASI) to own, operate,maintain and improve the utility plant and systems for the H.J.Heinz food processing facility located in Muscatine, IA. Thecompanies signed the multimillion dollar agreement yesterday.
21 Utilities, Energy Companies Form E-Procurement Venture
A consortium of 21 energy and utility companies have formed anew company, Pantellos Corp., to operate an e-procurement web site,which was announced earlier this year. The companies also havehired Commerce One, a world leader in e-commerce site development,as their primary technology partner. Pantellos will have an initialcapitalization of $100 million.
Plans Progress on Supply Procurement Site
A consortium of 21 energy and utility companies have formed anew company, Pantellos Corp., to operate an e-procurement web siteannounced earlier this year, and hired a tech company to developit.
Canada’s NW Territories Pushing for Mackenzie Pipeline
The natural gas is waiting, the communities are willing and theauthorities are prepared to co-operate any time producers andpipelines want to revive development in the Canadian north, theindustry is being told.
Canada’s Northwest Territories Pushing for Mackenzie Pipeline
The natural gas is waiting, the communities are willing and theauthorities are prepared to co-operate any time producers andpipelines want to revive development in the Canadian north, theindustry is being told.
Williams Files Fully Subscribed Sundance at FERC
Williams’ gas pipeline unit filed an application with FERC toconstruct and operate the Sundance expansion project last week.Williams hopes the proposed addition to the Transco mainline, whichis already fully subscribed, will be a vital fuel line for thebooming Southeast power generation industry.
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The National Energy Board received an application from AECSuffield Gas Pipeline Inc. (AEC Suffield) to construct and operatea gas pipeline from southeastern Alberta to southwesternSaskatchewan to be known as the North Suffield Pipeline. The60-mile pipeline extension will wrap around the northern part ofthe Suffield Military Block before it ties in to the existing AECSuffield meter station, which connects to TransCanada PipelinesLimited’s system near Burstall, SK. It would have a design capacityof 190 MMcf/d of gas and would cost C$22.3 million. AEC Suffield isplanning an in-service date of Nov. 1. AEC’s existing 72-mileSuffield pipeline was built in 1998 after a landmark decision bythe NEB. The ruling authorized a bypass around Nova Corp.’s40-year-old franchise in the chief gas-producing province ofAlberta and introduced market-based, negotiated tolling.
CMS Brings in New Partners for Trunkline Conversion
CMS Energy Corp., Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, and TEPPCOPartners LP. are forming a limited liability company to own andoperate part of Trunkline’s mainline that is being converted totransport refined products from the Gulf Coast region to Illinois.Each of the companies will own a one-third interest in the venture.CMS already is seeking FERC approval to convert the 720-mileportion of its pipeline from gas to refined products service.Conversion of the pipeline to liquids service is expected by theend of 2001.
