Abstract: A gas distribution station with a power plant using the energy of the gas in a gas main (6) by removing gas from the gas main (6) and supplying the gas to a first heat exchanger (5) to be pre-heated by a back gas flow from a turbo-expander (1). From the heat exchanger (5), the gas flows to a second heat exchanger (4) to be heated by combusted gases of a gas turbine engine (3), and the heated gas then proceeds to the turbo-expander (1). The gas is expanded in the turbo-expander (1) which drives an electric generator (2) also drivingly connected to the gas turbine engine (3). The expanded and partially cooled gas from the turbo-expander flows to the heat exchanger (5) for pre-heating the gas withdrawn from the gas main and then into the gas main (6) downstream of a pressure reducer (7) at a temperature insignificantly above the temperature of the gas in the gas main (6) upstream of the pressure reducer (7).