Duke/Fluor Daniel has been awarded a contract by PSEG Power, LLC. to
perform engineering and procurement services for a 500-megawatt, natural
gas-fired, combined- cycle power generation facility at PSEG Power's
Bergen Generating Station in Ridgefield, N.J. The Bergen 2 Project is
targeted for completion June 2002.
Duke/Fluor Daniel's services will encompass all major plant components
for Bergen 2, including turbine generators and emission-control
equipment. In addition, the new plant's control system will be
integrated with that of the existing unit 1. The new facility is based
on Duke/Fluor Daniel's two-on-one "reference plant design" and will
include selective catalytic reduction and low-nitrogen oxide burners in
the GE 7FA combustion turbines to reduce NOx emissions, and a "CO
catalyst" to reduce carbon monoxide emissions.
"Bergen 2 is really chapter two in a very good story," said Clarence
Ray, president and CEO of Duke/Fluor Daniel. "It continues a
relationship begun in the 1990s when we provided similar services for
the repowering of Bergen Generating Station, effectively integrating
combined-cycle technology with existing steam technology. Bergen 2
provides our companies another opportunity to work together to make this
station one of the premier power plants serving the Pennsylvania-New
Jersey-Maryland Interconnection."
"Duke/Fluor Daniel's experience and working relationship with us will
make the difference on this project," said Robert W. Metcalfe, vice
president of development, PSEG Power, LLC. ``Their proven expertise with
combined-cycle generation is known throughout the industry. But they
also have been key to such advances as our use of treated waste water
for cooling water make-up, and a plant design that eliminates the need
for us to take water from the Hackensack River or to discharge effluent
into it. PSEG Power is committed to environmental leadership, and
Duke/Fluor Daniel is integral to achieving that."
PSEG Power is one of the world's largest independent electric generating
and energy trading companies, with a power generation portfolio of more
than 13,000 MW. It is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group
Inc., a diversified energy holding company headquartered in Newark, N.J.
Duke/Fluor Daniel, formed in 1989 by Duke Energy and Fluor Daniel,
provides comprehensive engineering, procurement, construction and
operating plant services for fossil-fueled electric power generation
facilities worldwide. Additional information regarding the company can
be found at www.dukefluordaniel.com
Fluor Daniel is the engineering, procurement and construction division
of Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR - news). In 1999, Fluor Corporation
revenues were $12.4 billion. Additional information on Fluor Corporation
is available on the Internet at: www.fluor.com
Duke Energy, a diversified multinational energy company, creates value
for customers and shareholders through an integrated network of energy
assets and expertise. Duke Energy manages a dynamic portfolio of natural
gas and electric supply, delivery and trading businesses -- generating
revenues of nearly $22 billion in 1999. Duke Energy, headquartered in
Charlotte, N.C., is a Fortune 100 company traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is
available on the Internet at: www.duke-energy.com
Ken Daledda, Bergen Generating Station of PSEG Power, LLC, 201- 313-7718, or Keith Karpe of Fluor Corporation, 949-349-7661, or Jeremy Dreier of Duke Energy, 704-382-8343, or 24-Hour, 704-382-8333