GE power generation technology has been selected for a project near Marble Falls, Texas, that will replace an aging, less-efficient power plant with a flexible, higher-efficiency, combined-cycle power plant that offers reduced fuel use, emissions and water consumption for the power it generates.
When the plant begins commercial operation, expected in the summer of 2014, it will be the first combined-cycle plant in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas region that meets the latest Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations.
The Lower Colorado River Authority, a public utility, will own and operate the new 540 MW facility, which is replacing the 420 MW, 37-year-old Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant at the site.
