Arkansas Electric Cooperative to build 850 MW natural gas plant in East Texas

MORRIS COUNTY, Texas — The Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. will build an 850-megawatt natural gas-based generation facility in East Texas.

The electric cooperative held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a facility in Morris County near Naples last week. Construction of the Naples Power Plant should begin this summer.

According to the AECC, the facility will be one of the lowest-emitting and most efficient simple cycle natural gas generation station in AECC’s fleet…

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