UPDATE 2-PG&E sees Calif. Gateway natgas unit back Tuesday
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NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) - PG&E Corp (PCG.N) expected the 530-megawatt Gateway natural gas-fired power plant in California to return to service on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Operators shut the unit by Sunday afternoon for short-term planned work.
The Gateway station, which entered service in 2009, is located in Antioch, in Contra Costa County, about 45 miles east of San Francisco.
The plant, which has two 180 MW gas turbines and one 250 MW heat recovery steam turbine, has a baseline capacity of about 530 MW but can reach about 610 MW of peaking power.
PG&E took over Gateway from Mirant Corp (MIR.N) as part of a settlement of overcharges for power sold during the 2000-01 Western power crisis. It was to be Unit 8 at Mirant's Contra Costa plant.
PG&E, of San Francisco, owns and operates more than 6,200 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities and transmits and distributes electricity to almost 5.3 million customers and natural gas to 4.2 million customers in northern California. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Christian Wiessner)
