Ohio: Part Four of Coal-Fired Profiles of Nine States Suing EPA Over Clean Power Plan

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ohio is one of nine states involved in a lawsuit opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan. Industrial Info is looking at these states in more detail.

For more information, see July 10, 2014, article - Nine States Join Lawsuit Opposing EPA Carbon Rules.

Ohio has 27 active facilities that use coal as their primary fuel, 21 of which are power plants. The others are the Cincinnati Paperboard Mill, a soap and detergent facility, a steel plant, a cement plant and two polymer production facilities. Ohio ranks 19th in total energy consumption per capita among U.S. states, with 319 million British thermal units (Btu).

Coal-fueled power accounted for 6,755 gigawatt-hours (GWh), or 69%, of Ohio's net electricity generation in 2013, compared with a national average of 39%, according to the Energy Information Administration. (Natural gas made up 15% in Ohio, and nuclear energy 12%.) The EPA Clean Power Plan calls for Ohio to reduce its carbon emissions by 28%, compared with a 30% average national reduction.

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Below are the operational coal-fired power plants in Ohio. Click the link for each plant to view the plant profile, including unit, boiler and project information:

• Conesville Power Station; owned by American Electric Power Company (NYSE:AEP) (Columbus, Ohio); 1,892-MW capacity; first operational in 1959.
• James Gavin Power Station; owned by American Electric Power Company; 2,600-MW capacity; first operational in 1974.
• Picway Power Station; owned by American Electric Power Company; 26-MW capacity; first operational in 1926.
• Muskingum River Power Station; owned by American Electric Power Company; 1,531-MW capacity; first operational in 1953.
• Cardinal Power Station; owned by Cardinal Operating Company; 1,903-MW capacity; first operational in 1967.
• Ashtabula Power Station owned by Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company; 244-MW capacity; first operational in 1956.
• Eastlake Power Station; owned by Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company; 400-MW capacity; first operational in 1953; closing October 2014.
• Killen Power Station; owned by Dayton Power & Light Company; 666.4-MW capacity; first operational in 1982.
• J M Stuart Generating Station; owned by Dayton Power & Light Company; 2,440-MW capacity; first operation in 1969.
• Dover Municipal Light & Power Plant; owned by Dover Light & Power; 84-MW capacity; first operational in 1936.
• William H Zimmer Power Station; owned by Duke Energy Ohio, a subsidiary of Duke Energy Company (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina); 1,394-MW capacity; first operation in 1991.
• Miami Fort Power Station; owned by Duke Energy Ohio 1,439.2-MW capacity; first operation in 1928.
• Walter C Beckjord Power Station; owned by Duke Energy Ohio; 1,276-MW capacity; first operation in 1952.
• Bay Shore Power Station; owned by Duke Energy Ohio; 156-MW capacity; first operation in 1955.
• W H Sammis Power Station; owned by FirstEnergy Generation Corporation; 2,468-MW capacity; first operation in 1967.
• Lake Shore Power Station; owned by FirstEnergy Generation Corporation; 256-MW capacity; first operation in 1941; closing in April 2015.
• Avon Lake Power Station; owned by NRG Energy Incorporated; 808-MW capacity; first operation in 1947; closing in April 2015.
• Kyger Creek Power Station; owned by Ohio Valley Electric Corporation; 1,086-MW capacity; first operation in 1955.
• Orrville Power Station; owned by Orrville Municipal Utilities; 70-MW capacity; first operation in 1917.
• Painesville Power Station; owned by Painesville Electric Division; 53.5-MW capacity; first operation in 1949.
• Shelby Power Station; owned by Shelby Department of Utilities; 23-MW capacity; first operation in 1948.

Ohio Power's plants are an average 60 years old. This is higher than the national average and even higher than the average age of plants that have retired in the last three years.

The coal-fired generation picture is complicated in Ohio, in part because of the number and diverse ages of the plants, and some of the units within those plants. Cardinal Power Station, for example, has six operational units. Three of these are coal-fired base load units (two 615-MW units in operation since 1967, and a 650-MW from 1977) and three are natural gas-fired peaking units added in 2002. So while the plant is officially 47 years old, the gas-fired units are only 12 years old.

Several of the plants listed above already are scheduled for closure. An example is Ashtabula Power Station which operates only when needed, typically during peak electrical usage. This plant is planned to close in April 2015, along with Avon Lake and Lake Shore power stations.

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