MONTZ, La., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy
Louisiana is pleased to announce that the St. Charles Power Station
commenced commercial operation on May
23.
The 980-megawatt power station is one of the cleanest natural
gas-powered plants in Entergy Louisiana's fleet. Combined-cycle gas
turbine units like the St. Charles
facility emit on average about 40% less carbon dioxide than
Entergy's older natural gas-powered units.
"The St. Charles Power Station will supply reliable, clean
energy to customers to help support the tremendous growth
Louisiana is experiencing," said
Phillip May, president and CEO of
Entergy Louisiana. "This combined-cycle plant is one part of our
transformation to cleaner, more efficient generation. Replacing
older, less efficient plants with new, cleaner natural gas units
will improve system reliability, reduce environmental impacts and
produce substantial customer savings over the long term."
Because of the plant's high efficiency, it is projected that
customers will save more than $1.3
billion over the anticipated 30-year life of the unit.
Customer savings are expected to exceed the plant's construction
cost in less than 10 years.
The company plans to officially dedicate the unit, which was
completed ahead of schedule and on budget, in a ceremony slated
for July 15.
At its peak, 955 workers were engaged in the construction of the
unit. Entergy Louisiana employs 31 people to operate the plant.
Entergy Corporation Portfolio Transformation
The St. Charles Power Station is another important milestone in
Entergy Corporation's broader plan to modernize and transform the
Entergy Utility's existing generation fleet. Over the past 13
years, Entergy has added approximately 5,900 megawatts of clean,
highly efficient combined-cycle gas turbine generation, allowing
for the deactivation of over 6,300 megawatts of older, less
efficient gas or oil units.
In addition to providing reliable, cost-effective power,
Entergy's investments in its generation portfolio transformation
and nuclear improvements since 2000 have resulted in substantial
reductions in the company's NOx, SO2, mercury and
CO2 emissions, highlighting Entergy's commitment to
environmental stewardship.
The approximately $870 million St.
Charles Power Station project is one of six major generation
projects totaling approximately $3.5
billion to be undertaken across Entergy's service area over
the next three years.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC provides electric service to more than 1
million customers and natural gas service to more than 93,000
customers in the greater Baton
Rouge area. With operations in southern, central and
northeastern Louisiana, the
company is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation.
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged
primarily in electric power production and retail distribution
operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with
approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity,
including nearly 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Entergy delivers
electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of
approximately $11 billion and nearly
13,700 employees.
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