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Big gas-fired power plant begins producing electricity

Daily Mail -- A new natural-gas-fired power plant near Dresden, Ohio, has begun producing electricity. It is expected to save Appalachian Power's West Virginia ratepayers about $5 million a year.

The plant at Dresden, which is 16 miles north of Zanesville, Ohio, will produce 580 megawatts of electricity. Running at full capacity, Dresden will produce enough power to supply 145,000 homes. It is owned by Appalachian Power, which is an operating unit of American Electric Power, also known as AEP.

Nick Akins, AEP's president and chief executive officer, said, "This is another step in the transformation of AEP's generating fleet as we continue to diversify our fuel mix to improve our environmental footprint and provide economical electricity for our customers.

"Natural gas will become an increasing

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