Two Entergy power plant units damaged by Rita

Birmingham, Ala (Platts)--26Sep2005

Two of Entergy Corp's power plants, the 1,890 MW oil- and gas-fired
Sabine plant and the 425-MW RSCogen plant, were damaged by Hurricane Rita and
went off-line due to the storm, an industry source said Monday. While the
extent of the damage is unclear, the two are still not operating, the source
said. 
     Entergy would not confirm whether the plants were damaged, but said it
has 14 units in the area affected by Hurricane Rita and that 12 units were now
off-line. Six were available for start-up "as soon as offsite power becomes
available," a company spokeswoman said. 
     The company said that inspite of the damaged plants, its existing
generation resources were adequate to supply power to those customers in Texas
able to accept power. Entergy has asked customers in the Houston area to
conserve power because of the extensive damage to its transmission system,
including lines that bring power to the area from the east.

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