CenterPoint Energy has filed an application with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) requesting approval to construct two natural gas combustion turbines to replace portions of its existing coal-fired generation fleet.
The filing comes as the next component in CenterPoint Energy's long-term generation transition plan, which seeks to significantly change the way the company generates power and deliver on its commitment to provide a cost-effective, well-balanced energy mix for its 145,000 customers in southwest Indiana.
The estimated $323 million turbine facility would be constructed at the current site of A.B. Brown power plant in Posey County, Ind., and will provide a combined output of 460 megawatts, sized appropriately to support the anticipated electric generation needed upon the proposed retirement of A.B. Brown units 1 and 2 in late 2023. Construction of the turbines will begin following receipt of approval by the IURC, anticipated in second half 2022