Harrison County Power Plant Sustains Fire Damage

MARSHALL, Texas, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At approximately 2 a.m., Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., reported a failure on one of its pipelines in Harrison County, Texas, resulting in a fire at the Harrison County Power Plant. The 550 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant is located approximately 8 miles southeast of Marshall, Tex. Three Entergy employees on site at the time of the rupture were treated for minor cuts and burns, but none remain hospitalized.

An assessment team has begun initial determination of the extent of damages to the plant.

Co-owners of the Harrison County Power Plant are the Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative and the East Texas Electric Cooperative.

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $10 billion and approximately 14,000 employees.

Entergy online address is http://www.entergy.com/