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ROPS-3 Timeline

Rodemacher Unit 3 Key Dates

2005

July 12, 2005
Formal project announcement with Gov. Blanco in Baton Rouge

Sept. 1, 2005
Selected Shaw as engineering, procurement and construction contractor

2006 

Jan. 30, 2006
Selected Hitachi as steam turbine generator manufacturer

Feb. 8, 2006
Selected Foster Wheeler as boiler manufacturer
Feb. 22, 2006
LPSC approval to proceed with construction, along with provisions to collect certain AFUDC costs from customers

Feb. 23, 2006
Air permit received

March 16, 2006
Water permit received

March 17, 2006
Board approval received
May 4, 2006
Solid waste permit received
May 12, 2006
Reached a fixed-price agreement with Shaw for total project

May 16, 2006
Official groundbreaking ceremony

May 2006
Construction began on the project 

2007

April 2007
Start construction of fuel loading and unloading facility

2008

June 2008
Completion of fuel loading and unloading facility
August 2008
First delivery of fuel by barge

2009

2009
First test fire
4Q 2009
Commercial operations

 

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