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ENRON EUROPE WINS 1997 JAMES H. McGRAW AWARD FOR SUTTON BRIDGE BOND FINANCING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 7, 1997
LONDON - Enron Europe Limited has been awarded a 1997 James H. McGraw Award for Business Excellence from Electrical World Magazine for the bond financing of the Sutton Bridge power station.
In honouring Enron Europe for the financing of the £337 million project, the editors noted that the bond issue "highlights the project's innovative structure and financing arrangements, in particular its precedent-setting power sales agreement and risk management components.
"Sutton Bridge's BBB bond rating reflects Enron's carefully crafted financial features that successfully mesh innovation and sound economics by balancing contractual commitment, merchant risk and ties to natural gas sales."
The Sutton Bridge power station project, which is set to begin commercial operation in March 1999, is a 790 MW combined-cycle gas turbine plant in Lincolnshire, UK.
Jeffrey McMahon, vice president and chief financial officer of Enron Europe Limited, accepted the award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Enron Corp., one of the world's largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies with approximately $21 billion in assets, operates one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world; is the largest purchaser and marketer of natural gas and the largest non-regulated marketer of electricity in North America; is a leading participant in liberalized energy markets in the United Kingdom and the Nordic Countries; markets natural gas liquids worldwide; manages the largest portfolio of fixed-price natural gas risk management contracts in the world; is among the leading entities arranging new capital to the energy industry; owns a majority interest in Enron Oil & Gas Company, one of the largest independent (non-integrated) exploration and production companies in the United States; owns a majority interest in Enron Global Power & Pipelines L.L.C., which is owner and manager of operating power plants and natural gas pipelines around the world; is one of the largest independent developers and producers of electricity in the world; and is a major supplier of solar and wind renewable energy worldwide. Enron's internet address is www.enron.com and its common stock is traded under the ticker symbol, "ENE"
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