How
is our electric
power produced in Greenville?
Take a virtual tour of the
GEUS electric generation process.

Electricity for local use is
generated at GEUS' steam generating
plant in Greenville. At times, excess power produced by the plant is sold
to other cities or to other utilities within ERCOT.
At the plant, huge boilers
heat water to produce steam. The high-pressure steam runs turbines. As
the turbines rotate, they drive the generators that produce electricity.
This process converts heat energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy.


Steam boilers produce steam with temperatures up to 950 degrees under
as much as 1300 pounds of pressure. Natural gas usually fuels the boilers,
but fuel oil can also be used when necessary, providing uninterrupted
service when natural gas is in short supply.

High-pressure steam from the boilers turns the turbines at a speed of
3600 rpm. The rotating turbines drive the AC generators to produce electrical
power.

The control room is the "nerve
center" of the power plant. At least one operator is on duty at all
times to monitor the controls for the plant's boilers, turbines, generators,
and auxiliary equipment and to provide dispatching for after hours distribution
service calls.

The lines, substations, and
transformers, of the GEUS distribution
system send electricity from the plant throughout the city to light homes,
power manufacturing, run street lights, and provide power for all the
city's residential and business needs.
If your group would like to tour the local power plant, please
contact Carol Morris at cmorris@geus.org
for scheduling.

Greenville's
Community-Owned
Electric, Cable TV & High Speed Internet Provider
6000
Joe Ramsey Blvd.
Greenville, Texas 75402
(903) 457-2800
Fax (903) 457-2893
information@geus.org
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