Blown Cooling Tower Forces Unit Offline at Colstrip Station in Montana

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A blown cooling tower channel on July 29 has forced the Colstrip Power Station in Colstrip, Montana, to bring Unit 2 down. Plant officials confirmed that the cause is still being investigated but that the unit could come back online in early August if there are no delays. The station is owned and operated by PPL Montana LLC, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation's (NYSE:PPL) (Allentown, Pennsylvania) PPL Generation LLC, as well as Puget Sound Energy Incorporated (Bellevue, Washington), Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) (Portland, Oregon), Avista Corporation (NYSE:AVA) (Spokane, Washington), PacifiCorp (Portland), and NorthWestern Energy (Sioux Falls, South Dakota).

The Colstrip Power Station became operational in 1975. The plant has a generating capacity totaling 2,272 megawatts at full load. The plant's three other generators will remain online, running at full load.

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