ENERCON Acquires Beckett & LaRue of Georgia and Florida

TULSA, Okla. -- Enercon Services, Inc (ENERCON), headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., has acquired Beckett & LaRue, an engineering and consulting firm with offices in Marietta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida. The company is primarily known for their engineering and design of Transmission and Distribution (T&D) systems. They will become part of ENERCON's Power Generation Services (PGS) group, adding power delivery to the long list of services currently provided by ENERCON to operating power plants and development of new power plants.

ENERCON's Vice President of PGS Carter Noland said: "Beckett & LaRue is a strategic fit to ENERCON's long range plan for diversified growth in the electric power industry. They bring power distribution and delivery expertise that complements the power generation services currently provided by our PGS division. The initiatives that the country is pursuing to realign the sources of power generation will require extensive design for new transmission and distribution, as well as upgrades to existing power grids. Beckett & LaRue aligns very well with ENERCON's Environmental and Industrial Services division which supports the environmental permitting and studies required to install new transmission lines."

ENERCON is a diversified energy consulting company offering engineering, environmental and management services. ENERCON provides comprehensive design, engineering, procurement and construction management related to power plant retrofits, plant life extension, power uprates, operations support, efficiency management and full life-cycle maintenance services. ENERCON is an employee owned company of over 1000 people located in sixteen offices nationwide with clients including electric utilities, the Department of Energy and many Fortune 500 companies.http://www.enercon.com/