CenterPoint works out interconnect for gas-fired NET Power project

September 7, 2016 Barry Cassell Generation

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC on Sept. 7 filed with the Texas Public Utility Commission an ERCOT Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement, effective Sept. 1, with NET Power LLC, which is developing a gas-fired power project.

The project, located in Harris County, has a scheduled commercial operation date of around June 15, 2017.

The plant will have one generator with a total net summer rating of 25.5 MVA with 15.8 MW of load, and a total net rating of about 11 MVA. It will consist of a Toshiba natural gas-fired combustion turbine. The project will interconnect at the MIRAGE Substation.

A project contact is: NET Power LLC, 11426 West Fairmont Parkway, LaPorte, TX 77571, phone 281-842-5208, Daniel.Ray@exeloncorp.com.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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