Unicom Corp.’s 2,698 MW Collins gas-fired power station could goup for sale as well as 1,396 MW of peaking units. A sale of theplants would mark the company’s exit from non-nuclear generation.As of Nov. 29, the gas plants burned nearly 45 million Btu of gassince the first of the year, a spokeswoman said.

Spokeswoman Heather Fabian said the company is queryingqualified bidders to assess market interest in the facilities. Thecompany is “trying to judge if the market feels they’re as valuableas we feel they are,” she said.

The Collins station is in Morris, IL, and has five gas-firedunits. A total of 71 peaking units are at nine different sites.Unicom is the parent of Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Unicomis in the process of selling six coal-fired plants and earlier thisyear sold its 1,108 MW Kincaid coal-fired plant. Unicom owns fivenuclear stations, each with two units.

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