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Power Producer Breaks Ground on West Valley Plant

PHOENIX-With an ever-growing need for power in the West, a North Carolina-based energy company has broken ground on a 570-megawatt plant about 30 miles west of Phoenix.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on April 27, 2001

PHOENIX- With an eye toward deregulation and growing need for power in the West, a North Carolina-based energy company has broken ground on a 570-megawatt, natural gas-fueled power plant about 30 miles west of Phoenix.

Duke Energy North America is building the plant in Arlington Valley, which is about 30 miles west of Phoenix. The area is home to the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, a core-switching facility for the Western Power Grid.

The plant is being developed in a joint venture between Duke and Fluor Corp., an engineering project management company. The partnership plans to build three additional power plants during the next year and half throughout the West.

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