Project Owner:
City Public Service of San Antonio

Completion Date: 1993

The J. K. Spruce power plant was built to meet a portion of the City of San Antonio's projected power needs by its city-owned utility, City Public Service. Utility Engineering (UE) was an at-risk consortium member of the team that designed and built the turnkey, fixed price project.

The unit is a single 550 megawatt, pulverized coal-fueled facility that fully complies with permitted environmental standards regarding sulfur dioxide and particulate emissions. The plant was designed for cycling duty rather than being base loaded, which introduced some unique design constraints. Since its operational date, the plant has exceeded all original performance guarantees.

Services performed:

• Planning, estimating and scheduling
• Detailed BOP engineering
• Procurement evaluations and support
• Checkout and start-up
• Performance testing
• Training
• As-built documentation

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