Texas' Luminant Takes Sandow Power Plant Unit Offline for Repairs

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Workers at the Sandow Power Station, located in Rockdale, Texas, shut down its 590-megawatt (MW) coal-fired unit Tuesday after discovering a boiler leak. The two-unit facility is owned by Luminant Energy Company LLC (Dallas, Texas), a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corporation (Dallas).

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Plant officials were investigating the cause of the leak and said the unit would remain down for about two days. Repairs will begin once the boiler cools, and its return online is anticipated by Friday, barring unforeseen delays.

The coal-fired plant has two generating units and a capacity of 1,251 MW when at full load.

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