November 25, 2003

(Houston, Texas) - On November 11, 2003, Sempra Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, (NYSE:SRE) (San Diego, California) began commercial operation on the second block of a $500 million project at its Mesquite Power Plant (Plant 1048547) (PEC 43000268)in Tonopah, Arizona.

Construction on the Mesquite Power Station began in September 2001. The first block of this power project, which became operational in June of 2003, contains two 167.5 megawatt (Mw) combustion turbines with HRSG'S and one 290 Mw steam turbine, for a combined total of 625 Mw. The second phase of the project gave the Mesquite Power Plant an additional 625 MW, which consists of two, 167.5 Mw combustion turbines with HRSGs and one, 290 Mw steam turbine. This puts the power station's capacity at 1,250 Mw.

For this project, Sempra Energy Resources used the engineering and construction services of a joint venture of Black and Veatch Corporation and Zachry.

This article contains information from Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston, Texas).

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