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DJ Avista's New 280-MW Rathdrum Unit In Final Test - Source 09/06 11:15 	 <javascript:openNewsWebSite()> << OLE Object: Picture (Metafile) >>  <javascript:openNewsWebSite()> 	
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Avista Corp. (AVA) has started the final, seven-day test of its new 280-megawatt Rathdrum power plant unit 2 in Idaho, a source familiar with the plant's operation said Wednesday. The generator, which was generating near full capacity Thursday morning, will enter commercial operations if the final test is successful, the source said. The company would only confirm that the unit is in tests and declined to estimate the start of commercial operations. The original schedule, set when construction began in March 1999, projected the plant would be on line in the fourth quarter of this year. More recently, however, the company had pegged commercial operation for August. A couple of previous attempts at the final, seven-day test had to be abandoned. Avista spokeswoman Catherine Markson declined to say what problems had arisen. "It's just the normal start-up testing sort of stuff. We're still way ahead of schedule, which is contracted with vendors for Nov. 1," Markson said. -By Mark Golden, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4604; mark.golden@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires 06-09-01 1615GMT