ML&P.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

Municipal and electric utility officials broke ground in April alongside contractors to celebrate construction of what will be one of the world's most energy-efficient, thermal generation power plants. The expansion of the 1970's-vintage George M. Sullivan Plant 2 in east Anchorage will use GE LM6000 combustion turbine technology. The new plant will produce 120 megawatts in a 2x1 combined-cycle configuration. The $275 million plant is expected to be complete in the summer of 2016.

ML&P expects to save more than $13 million annually in natural gas fuel costs at a bulk rate of $5 per million cubic feet. New technology also means 97 percent less nitrogen oxides and 80 percent less carbon monoxide emissions compared to legacy plants.

Quanta Power Generation was selected as the contractor to provide engineering, procurement and construction of the George M. Sullivan Plant 2...