"The Heard County Power Plant is one of several merchant power plant development projects, acquisitions and existing facility expansions that Dynegy will be undertaking in 1999 as the company continues to increase its generation assets in key markets and integrate them with our marketing and trading capabilities," said Chuck Watson, Dynegy chairman and CEO. "The Southeast is one of the fastest growing markets in the country for power sales. Dynegy will meet the growing wholesale demand by increasing its owned and controlled generation capacity in this region by several thousand megawatts in the next three years."