Specialized outside services will be retained for detailed design and engineering work, as well as for construction activities. To meet this schedule, construction will begin on the ground in approximately September of 2000. Construction will not begin before receipt of an approved air pollution source construction permit. The generating facility will be dual fuel fired, with natural gas as the primary fuel and distillate oil as a backup fuel. The units will normally be operated on natural gas.
Output values differ slightly on oil.
The units will be designed and constructed to operate in a peaking mode and will provide generating system support during Dairyland s peak demand periods. It is expected the units will be operated during the daytime summer and winter high demand periods or when other system conditions occur that would make it advantageous to operate the units for economic or system reliability reasons. The maintenance of each unit is expected to be limited to routine maintenance such as filter changes and cleanings except for major overhauls and inspections. These overhauls and inspections, which will be based upon unit operating hours and the number of unit starts, are anticipated to occur at 3-5 year intervals and may take up to four weeks to complete. The new facility was placed at an existing substation facility in order to take advantage of the existing infrastructure.