Originally commissioned as a coal-fired plant with 22.5 megawatts of total output, the Pierce Generating Station has since been converted to a state-of-the-art natural gas-fired plant utilizing a GE Frame 7EA gas turbine with fast-start capability, supporting a total capacity of 85 megawatts. CMEEC utilizes the Pierce Station as a peaking plant to effectively provide a real-time market volatility hedge in the ISO-NE market.
Frank Avery of Wood Group GTS commented, “Customer retention is a key objective for our business and we are very pleased to have been awarded this contract extension by CMEEC. We look forward to continuing our long-term relationship and building on our reputation for delivering the highest quality operations and maintenance services.”
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Wood Group is an international energy services company with $5.5bn sales, employing more than 36,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. The Group has three businesses-Engineering, Wood Group PSN and Wood Group GTS - providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide. www.woodgroup.com
Wood Group GTS is a leading independent provider of services and solutions for clients in the power, oil & gas and renewable energy markets. Worldwide, these services include power plant engineering, procurement and construction, facility operations & maintenance, repair & overhaul of gas, wind and steam turbines, pumps, compressors and other high-speed rotating equipment. www.woodgroupgts.com
The Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (“CMEEC”), is a publicly directed joint action supply agency formed by the state’s municipal electric utilities in 1976 under authority of the state’s General Statutes. CMEEC is owned by the municipal utilities in the cities of Groton and Norwich, the Borough of Jewett City, and the Second (South Norwalk) and Third (East Norwalk) Taxing Districts of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut. CMEEC also provides all the power required by other utilities participating in CMEEC including the Town of Wallingford Department of Public Utilities, the Bozrah Light and Power Company, and the Mohegan Tribal Utility Authority.
www.cmeec.com