McDermott International, the Houston engineering and construction company, got the go-ahead from Entergy Texas to build a 993-megawatt natural gas power plant in Willis.
McDermott was hired last year by Entergy, headquarters in New Orleans, to design and build the power station in Montgomery County. A s megawatt of electricity can power about 200 Texas homes on a hot summer day.
The new power plant is expected to provide electricity to more than 455,000 Entergy customers in 27 counties across Southeast Texas, according to McDermott.
Entergy operates more than 40 plants that use a variety of fuels including natural gas, nuclear, coal, oil and hydroelectric power with about 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, according to the company’s website. The company provides electricity to 2.8 million customers in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
This article first appeared on the Houston Chronicle – an Energy Voice content partner. For more from the Houston Chronicle click here.
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