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NAES to Operate McKee Run and VanSant Electric Generating Stations
06/16/2006 - ISSAQUAH, WA - North American Energy Services Company (NAES), a broad-based provider of services to the power generation industry, has been selected by the City of Dover, Delaware Electric Department (City of Dover) as its operations and maintenance provider for the McKee Run and VanSant Electric Generating Stations. NAES' contract will be with the City of Dover and will be working very closely with Pace Global Asset Management, LLC (Pace Global), the selected Asset/Energy Manager. NAES, in partnership with Pace Global, will provide comprehensive operations and maintenance services in support of the City of Dover's 175 MW of power generation assets.
Ken Seliger, NAES President and CEO, stated that: "I am especially pleased that we are providing O&M services for the City of Dover. NAES brings a strong and diverse operations team, geographic presence, proven programs, technical expertise, effective management, a strong track record, and responsiveness to Owners' needs, all of which significantly contributed to this award."
The City of Dover, Delaware Electric Department
Founded in 1683 by William Penn, the City of Dover is the capital of Delaware. The City of Dover owns and operates the electric generation and distribution system serving approximately 34,000 of its citizens. The City of Dover generates its own electricity at the McKee Run and VanSant Electric Generating Stations serving an 88 square mile area. In addition, the City is a member of and interconnected with the PJM Power Grid where it regularly transacts purchases and sales of electricity to achieve the lowest reasonable cost for its customers.
North American Energy Services
NAES, headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, is the largest independent, third-party provider of power plant operations and maintenance services, with an experience base of more than 23,000 MW of generation capacity in a wide range of technologies, fuels, locations, customers and modes of operation. From offices in Washington, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Texas, NAES also provides O&M support, maintenance, construction and repair, gas and steam turbine field maintenance and component repair, and the placement of temporary technical, engineering and management personnel to the generation industry.
NAES is owned by ITOCHU International Inc., the U.S. affiliate of ITOCHU Corporation. With operations in over 80 countries covering a broad range of industries, ITOCHU is among the world's largest corporations.
