* Teco Power Services Inc.

* Teco Power Services Inc. of Tampa, Fla., a subsidiary of Teco Energy TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: TE) is an S&P 500 electrical power company located in Tampa, Florida.

"TECO" is short for "Tampa Electric Co." Environmental record , broke ground in Dell (Mississippi County Mississippi County is the name of several counties in the United States:

Mississippi County, Arkansas
Mississippi County, Missouri

) on a $325 million power plant scheduled for completion in October 2002. The plant, first announced in March, will produce about 600 megawatts and have 25-30 employees. The natural gas-powered plant will be 30 percent more efficient than most of the existing power plants, company officials said. Dell, population 258, could get another power plant being planned by AES Corp. of Arlington, Va., if the company follows through on its application for air permits from the Arkansas Arkansas, river, United States
Arkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. Department of Environmental Quality for a 540-megawatt combined cycle A combined cycle is characteristic of a power producing engine or plant that employs more than one thermodynamic cycle. Heat engines are only able to use a portion of the energy their fuel generates (usually less than 50%). The remaining heat from combustion is generally wasted. natural gas plant. Construction on a plant of that size could run $250 million.

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Title Annotation:	new power plant planned in Dell, Mississippi County
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Publication:	Arkansas Business
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Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Jun 11, 2001
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