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At least 32 are on the chopping block now and another 36 may have to shut down because of new EPA air pollution rules. These plants supply energy for 22 million households.
Over the past few years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed four regulations to clean the air and water that will affect the nation's coal-fired power plants.
The proposed rules have divided the power industry and the nation between those that produce much of their electricity by burning coal and those that rely on cleaner sources of energy like nuclear, natural gas and renewable.
More than half of MISO generating capacity consists of coal-fired units. MISO operates the grid in parts of 12 U.S. Midwest states and Manitoba in Canada.
At least one unit at the following power plants will retire due to the two EPA rules:
|
Plant name |
State |
County |
Year oldest unit being retired in service |
Capacity retiring (MW) |
|
Big Sandy |
Kentucky |
Lawrence |
1963 |
255 |
|
Buck |
North Carolina |
Rowan |
1941 |
256 |
|
Cane Run |
Kentucky |
Jefferson |
1962 |
563 |
|
Cape Fear |
North Carolina |
Chatham |
1956 |
316 |
|
Chesapeake |
Virginia |
Chesapeake (city) |
1953 |
594 |
|
Clinch River |
Virginia |
Russell |
1961 |
234 |
|
Dubuque |
Iowa |
Dubuque |
1952 |
65 |
|
Fox Lake |
Minnesota |
Martin |
1962 |
85 |
|
Glen Lyn |
Virginia |
Giles |
1944 |
325 |
|
Green River |
Kentucky |
Muhlenberg |
1954 |
163 |
|
Hutsonville |
Illinois |
Crawford |
1953 |
153 |
|
Kammer |
West Virginia |
Marshall |
1958 |
630 |
|
Kanawha River |
West Virginia |
Kanawha |
1953 |
410 |
|
Meredosia |
Illinois |
Morgan |
1960 |
389 |
|
Miami Fort |
Ohio |
Hamilton |
1960 |
163 |
|
Muskingum River |
Ohio |
Washington |
1953 |
790 |
|
H F Lee |
North Carolina |
Wayne |
1951 |
391 |
|
Philip Sporn |
West Virginia |
Mason |
1950 |
600 |
|
Picway |
Ohio |
Pickaway |
1955 |
95 |
|
Potomac River |
Virginia |
Alexandria (city) |
1949 |
482 |
|
Prairie Creek |
Iowa |
Linn |
1958 |
42 |
|
Riverbend |
North Carolina |
Gaston |
1952 |
454 |
|
Salem Harbor |
Massachusetts |
Essex |
1951 |
742 |
|
State Line |
Indiana |
Lake |
1955 |
490 |
|
Tanners Creek |
Indiana |
Dearborn |
1951 |
489 |
|
Tyrone |
Kentucky |
Woodford |
1953 |
71 |
|
Wabash River |
Indiana |
Vigo |
1953 |
678 |
|
Walter C Beckjord |
Ohio |
Clermont |
1952 |
862 |
|
Welsh |
Texas |
Titus |
1980 |
524 |
|
Yorktown |
Virginia |
York |
1957 |
159 |
|
Four Corners |
New Mexico |
San Juan |
1963 |
560 |
|
L V Sutton |
North Carolina |
New Hanover |
1954 |
600 |
At least one unit at the following power plants is at risk of retirement because of the two EPA rules:
|
Plant name |
State |
County |
Year oldest unit being at risk in service |
Capacity at risk (MW) |
|
ACE Cogeneration Facility |
California |
San Bernardino |
1990 |
101 |
|
Anadarko Plant |
Oklahoma |
Caddo |
1959 |
44 |
|
Ashtabula |
Ohio |
Ashtabula |
1958 |
244 |
|
Burlington |
Iowa |
Des Moines |
1968 |
209 |
|
Carbon |
Utah |
Carbon |
1954 |
172 |
|
Chamois |
Missouri |
Osage |
1960 |
49 |
|
Colbert |
Alabama |
Colbert |
1955 |
1160 |
|
Crystal River |
Florida |
Citrus |
1966 |
870 |
|
Dale |
Kentucky |
Clark |
1954 |
54 |
|
Dallman |
Illinois |
Sangamon |
1968 |
173 |
|
Earl F Wisdom |
Iowa |
Clay |
1960 |
37 |
|
Eckert Station |
Michigan |
Ingham |
1954 |
327 |
|
H B Robinson |
South Carolina |
Darlington |
1960 |
176 |
|
James River Power Station |
Missouri |
Greene |
1960 |
194 |
|
Lake Road |
Missouri |
Buchanan |
1967 |
166 |
|
Lake Shore |
Ohio |
Cuyahoga |
1962 |
245 |
|
Marion |
Illinois |
Williamson |
1978 |
170 |
|
Milton L Kapp |
Iowa |
Clinton |
1967 |
211 |
|
Monticello |
Texas |
Titus |
1974 |
1130 |
|
Montrose |
Missouri |
Henry |
1958 |
334 |
|
Muskingum River |
Ohio |
Washington |
1968 |
585 |
|
Prairie Creek |
Iowa |
Linn |
1967 |
124 |
|
Presque Isle |
Michigan |
Marquette |
1974 |
431 |
|
R E Burger |
Ohio |
Belmont |
1955 |
94 |
|
R Gallagher |
Indiana |
Floyd |
1959 |
280 |
|
Rio Bravo Jasmin |
California |
Kern |
1989 |
33 |
|
Rio Bravo Poso |
California |
Kern |
1989 |
33 |
|
Rivesville |
West Virginia |
Marion |
1943 |
137 |
|
Robert A Reid |
Kentucky |
Webster |
1966 |
65 |
|
Shawnee |
Kentucky |
McCracken |
1953 |
1202 |
|
Sibley |
Missouri |
Jackson |
1960 |
108 |
|
Sunbury Generation LP |
Pennsylvania |
Snyder |
1949 |
382 |
|
Sutherland |
Iowa |
Marshall |
1961 |
82 |
|
W S Lee |
South Carolina |
Anderson |
1951 |
370 |
|
Willow Island |
West Virginia |
Pleasants |
1949 |
235 |
|
Bay Shore |
Ohio |
Lucas |
1959 |
495 |
|
Eastlake |
Ohio |
Lake |
1953 |
636 |
Sources: Environmental Protection Agency, AP interviews
