WeyerhaeuserNR Co. secured FERC approval on July 11 to sell five mills withon-site generation facilities, totaling about 243 MW, to
The five biomass facilities included in the deal are the64-MW Columbuspower plant in Lowndes County, Miss.; the 43.75-MW Turbine Generator No.1 and the 28-MW Flint RiverTurbine Generator No. 2 in Macon County, Ga.; the 69.2-MW in ChathamCounty, Ga.; and the 38.1-MW NewBern power plant in Craven County, N.C.
The WeyerhaeuserCo. subsidiary, which is engaged in the business of forestproducts, expects to complete the transaction in the fourth quarter. (DocketNo. EC16-116)