Project Owner:
Colectric Partners, Inc.

Completion Date: April 2004

Colectric Partners, Inc. (Colectric) developed this facility which is owned and operated by the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG). The MEAG Plant Wansley facility, a greenfield project, provides reliable power to MEAG’s growing base of customers and the Southeast region's wholesale power market.

Utility Engineering (UE) and BE&K formed a Joint Venture partnership for this 2-on-1, 500 MW combined cycle EPC project. This facility consists of two General Electric (GE) Frame 7FA gas turbines, two Nooter/Eriksen heat recovery steam generators and one GE steam turbine. It is a modern, natural gas-fueled facility with state-of-the-art emission controls.

UE provided all detailed civil/structural, mechanical, electrical and controls balance of plant (BOP) engineering including all procurement and construction specifications. In addition, UE provided field engineer services during construction, checkout, start-up and performance testing. Commercial operation occurred April 4, 2004, almost two months ahead of schedule.

This project received the Bentley 2004 BE Award of Excellence Plant Award for Information Management.

Services Performed:

• Plant layout and estimating
• Detailed BOP engineering
• Procurement specifications
• Field engineering
• Start-up and performance testing
• Operator training

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