Two of the facilities – the 540MW University Park North and the 300MW University Park South power plants – are located in University Park, Illinois, while the 225MW third plant is located in Wallingford, Connecticut.

GE is providing a senior secured credit facility that includes a term loan and revolving credit facility for the three facilities.

LS Power is using the credit facilities to recapitalize these gas-fired plants, which operate as peakers and are grouped as LSP Park Generating.

The natural gas power portfolio of GE Energy Financial Services includes 75 transactions worth $6.3bn, invested in plants with 72GW of capacity.