Tenaska Virginia Generating Station, Scottsville, Virginia.

The article presents information about a formal program provided by Scottsville, Virginia-based Tenaska Virginia Generating Station (TVGS) to make operation and maintenance (O&M) personnel aware of best industry practices and apply them on the job. The program has shortened the plant's start-up time and elevated its availability, making it much more dispatchable and profitable. The results of using best operating practices at TVGS are the biggest reason for which it has been recognized as the Top Plant of 2007 by the periodical "Power." Tenaska Inc. developed the facility and formed Tenaska Virginia Partners LP to build, own, and operate it.