The projects demonstrate a growing confidence in landfill gas as a reliable, renewable energy resource. Landfill gas is a viable, alternative energy resource that already is meeting the power needs of many industries and communities in our operating areas. Waste Management will gather, transport and deliver landfill gas to Reliant Energy at each electric generation facility, which are being built on Waste Management's landfill sites. This project will be the largest in magnitude and scope for our company. We are very pleased to join with Reliant Energy in such a project.
Landfill gas is produced through the natural breakdown of waste deposited in a landfill.
In all, the projects generate more than 140 MW of electricity. Waste Management, Inc. is its industry's leading provider of comprehensive waste management services. Based in Houston, the Company serves municipal, commercial, industrial and residential customers throughout the United States, and in Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These statements, and all phases of Waste Management, Inc.'s operations, are subject to risks and uncertainties, any one of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.