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Article: INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS IN BRIEF
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- August 19, 1998
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Privately financed thermoelectric plant begins operation In mid-August, the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) inaugurated the Samalayuca II thermoelectric plant on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez. The new facility, which will have a capacity to generate 550 megawatts per hour, will eliminate the need for Juarez and other locations in northern Chihuahua to import electricity from El Paso, Texas. The Samalayuca II plant, and its sister Samalayuca I facility, are expected to supply most of the electricity needs of domestic and commercial users in Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango states. Samalayuca II was constructed by a consortium comprising US companies General Electric ...