GE Power
Boydton, Virginia

Lauren receives a Contract for a Six-Unit Turbine Refurbishment Project in Virginia

ABILENE, TX (July 31, 2007) — Lauren has received a contract for a six-unit refurbishment of the John H.Kerr Powerhouse in Boydton, Virginia. The Dam is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the  project is being done under the direction of GE Power Systems.   This refurbishment project will increase the plant output by more than 70 megawatts.

The Kerr powerhouse is located on the Kerr Reservoir, a Roanoke River project in southern Virginia near the border with North Carolina. Completed in early 1953, the power plant supplies electricity to Dominion and Progress Energy.

Lauren scope includes refurbishment of the remaining six vertical Francis turbines and generators at the Kerr powerhouse.

The project is scheduled for completion by 2010.

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For more information, please contact:

Nancy Abel
(325)734-3723

Jody Lee
(325)734-3747