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NAES Corporation Takes Over the Operations and Maintenance of Nine Plants for LS Power
Issaquah, WA, 01/05/2010 -- NAES Corporation (NAES) has taken over the operations and maintenance of nine plants of 4500+ MW for LS Power.
The plants are the 568 MW Arlington Valley facility located in Arlington, Arizona, the 531 MW Bluegrass plant located in LaGrange, Kentucky, the 490 MW Bridgeport plant located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the 320 MW DeSoto plant located in Arcadia, Florida, the 570 MW Griffith plant located in Kingman, Arizona, the 714 Renaissance plant located in Carson City, Michigan, the 888 MW Riverside plant located in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, the 333 MW Rocky Road plant located in East Dundee, Illinois, and the 176 MW Tilton plant located in Tilton, Illinois. The plant portfolio includes frame and aeroderivative turbine technologies, and simple and combined cycle configurations.
Ms. Carolyne Wass, Vice President of Commercial Management at LS Power, said: "We needed a company that had the experience and the infrastructure to support our schedule, and one that would work seamlessly with LS Power. Our prior experience with NAES was a big plus because they have demonstrated to us a proven transition methodology, and we knew their support infrastructure was capable of handling multiple plants at one time. In addition, NAES innovative approach, customer alignment and commitment to excellent performance, are recognized in the industry - we are enjoying working with them on these important additions to our portfolio."
Mr. Dan Scarborough, Sr. Vice President of Power Plant Operations, said: "Our success has been fueled by NAES proven processes and best practices, including the deployment of a large, experienced, and multi-disciplined project support infrastructure. We are very pleased to be working with LS Power and believe that our focused O&M approach will result in meeting their expectations."
LS Power Group. LS Power is a power generation and transmission group with a proven track record of successful development activities, operations management and commercial execution. LS Power has been involved in the development, construction, or operations of over 20,000 MW of power generation throughout the United States. LS Power is actively developing both power generation and transmission infrastructure to serve the need for new generation and improve the aging transmission system. Highly regarded in the financial community, LS Power has raised over $12 billion in debt and equity since 2005. For more information, see: www.lspower.com
NAES Corporation. Founded in 1980, NAES is a leader in generation services. Today, approximately 2000 NAES employees provide operations and maintenance, shop and field turbine inspection and repair, major maintenance, technical services, substation construction, and contract employees to the generation industry. For more information on NAES Corporation, please go to www.naes.com
Glen Canavera
NAES Corporation
Phone: 425 961 4700
Fax: 425 961 4646
glen.canavera@naes.com
http://www.naes.com
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