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-----Original Message----- From: =09Salisbury, Holden =20 Sent:=09Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:20 PM To:=09Sarnowski, Julie Subject:=09fyi DJ Avista's New 280-MW Rathdrum Unit In Final Test - Source 09/06 11:15 =09= <javascript:openNewsWebSite()< << OLE Object: Picture (Metafile) << <java= script:openNewsWebSite()< =09 NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Avista Corp. (AVA) has started the final, seven-day t= est of its new 280-megawatt Rathdrum power plant unit 2 in Idaho, a source = familiar with the plant's operation said Wednesday. The generator, which wa= s generating near full capacity Thursday morning, will enter commercial ope= rations if the final test is successful, the source said. The company would= only confirm that the unit is in tests and declined to estimate the start = of commercial operations. The original schedule, set when construction bega= n in March 1999, projected the plant would be on line in the fourth quarter= of this year. More recently, however, the company had pegged commercial op= eration for August. A couple of previous attempts at the final, seven-day t= est had to be abandoned. Avista spokeswoman Catherine Markson declined to s= ay what problems had arisen. "It's just the normal start-up testing sort of= stuff. We're still way ahead of schedule, which is contracted with vendors= for Nov. 1," Markson said. -By Mark Golden, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4= 604; mark.golden@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires 06-09-01 1615GMT = =09=09
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