According to the Environmental Protection Agency and interviews with The Associated Press, at least one unit at the following power plants will retire due to new rules the EPA released last month to limit mercury emissionsfrom coal-fired power plants:
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
According to the Environmental Protection Agency and interviews with The Associated Press, at least one unit at the following power plants is at risk of retirement because of new rules the EPA released last month to limit mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants:
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