Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it has completed
construction of and commissioning services for the 620-megawatt, natural
gas-fired, combined-cycle Jack County Generation power plant, located
near Jacksboro, Texas.
"We are delighted to have worked with Brazos Electric on this important
project and have appreciated the opportunity to provide this low-cost
energy source to its customer base," said David Constable, Fluor's group
president of Power.
Fluor was awarded the contract in 2003 by Brazos Electric Power
Cooperative, Inc. to provide engineering, procurement, construction and
commissioning services at the facility in an effort to provide low-cost,
reliable electricity to its customers. Detailed engineering was
performed in Fluor's Houston office.
"We are especially proud of our safety record on the project, having
achieved our goals by performing more than 900,000 hours with no
lost-time accidents or restricted workdays," said Bob Mickey, Fluor's
senior vice president of Power.
Brazos Electric is a 2,403 megawatt generation and transmission
cooperative whose seventeen (17) members service territories that extend
across 68 counties from the Texas Panhandle to Houston. Organized in
1941, Brazos Electric was the first cooperative formed in the Lone Star
state for the purpose of generating and supplying electrical power.
Today, it is the largest generation and transmission cooperative in
Texas. Brazos Electric is the wholesale power supplier for its 17
member-owner distribution cooperatives and three municipal systems. For
more information, visit http://www.brazoselectric.com.
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) provides services on a global basis in the
fields of engineering, procurement, construction, operations,
maintenance and project management. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo,
California, Fluor is a FORTUNE 500 company with revenues of $9.4 billion
in 2004. For more information, visit www.fluor.com.
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