Dive Summary:

• Duke Energy Carolinas is running final tests and tweaks at its $716 million Dan River Combined Cycle Station, which is scheduled to power up for consumers in November or December.
• The generating station will generate 620 megawatts of power using natural gas and is more efficient and environmentally friendly than the Dan River Steam Station it is replacing, though it will also require only 34 employees instead of 114.
• Around 400 construction workers will remain at the plant continuing final work into 2013.

From the article:

EDEN — In a sunlit room, Van Joyce stares at one of 11 flat-screen monitors spread along two walls. The screen shows rapidly changing numbers of the sort that might be at home in a stock trader’s office. But Joyce is no trader. He’s a combustion turbine technician who will soon be powering up Duke Energy Carolinas’ newest generating station. …