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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--West Virginia 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.
West Virginia has 19 active facilities that use coal as their primary fuel. Industrial Info tracks data for all of them. Thirteen of the 19 active facilities in West Virginia are power plants and the rest include three chemical plants, a Ferrosilicon production plant, an underground coal mine, and a limestone quarry. Below are the operational coal-fired power plants that Industrial Info tracks in West Virginia. Click the link for each plant to view the plant profile, including unit, boiler and project information:
These plants directly employ about 3,000 people.
West Virginia ranks 15th in total energy consumption per capita among U.S. states, with 389 million British thermal units (Btu). It ranks second in coal production, after Wyoming. West Virginia produced 12% of all the coal mined in the U.S. in 2012, and 45% of West Virginia's coal was shipped to other states, while 40% was exported to other countries. Coal-fired electric power plants produced 95% of West Virginia's net electricity generation in 2013 and a significant proportion of that electricity was consumed outside the state: 56% of West Virginia's electricity generation was consumed outside the state in 2010.
The EPA Clean Power Plan calls for West Virginia to reduce its carbon emissions by 20%, which is lower than the 30% national average reduction called for by the plan. West Virginia's power generation sector is 95% coal-fired. In addition, even though there are three plants that are more than 60 years old and already scheduled for closure in 2015, the remaining plants are relatively new, including one plant that is only three years old.
West Virginia's economy would be severely impacted by the curtailment of coal-fired power generation--not only because it produces 95% of its own power from coal and sells a big portion of that power production, but also because of the loss of coal sales to other states that are forced to shut down their own coal-fired power plants. West Virginia's coal mining industry would only have foreign customers to sell to if the EPA's Clean Power Plan is fully implemented.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, three offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
For more information, see July 10, 2014, article - Nine States Join Lawsuit Opposing EPA Carbon Rules.
West Virginia has 19 active facilities that use coal as their primary fuel. Industrial Info tracks data for all of them. Thirteen of the 19 active facilities in West Virginia are power plants and the rest include three chemical plants, a Ferrosilicon production plant, an underground coal mine, and a limestone quarry. Below are the operational coal-fired power plants that Industrial Info tracks in West Virginia. Click the link for each plant to view the plant profile, including unit, boiler and project information:
- Grant Town Power Station; owned by American Bituminous Power Partners LP (Grant Town); 80-megawatt (MW) capacity; first operational in 1992.
- Kammer Power Station; owned by American Electric Power Company (NYSE:AEP) (AEP) (Columbus, Ohio); 712.5-MW capacity; first operational in 1958; set to close in June 2015.
- Mountaineer Power Station; owned by AEP; 1,364-MW capacity; first operational in 1980.
- Kanawha River Power Station; owned by Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of AEP; 438-MW capacity; first operational in 1953; set to close in June 2015.
- Philip Sporn Power Station; owned by Appalachian Power Company; 1,100-MW capacity; first operational in 1950; set to close in January 2015.
- John Amos Power Station; owned by Appalachian Power Company; 2,932-MW capacity; first operational in 1971.
- Mount Storm Power Station; owned by Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion (NYSE:D) (Richmond, Virginia); 1,710-MW capacity; first operational in 1965.
- Pleasants Power Station; owned by FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE:FE) (Akron, Ohio); 1,368-MW capacity; first operation in 1979.
- Harrison Power Station; owned by FirstEnergy Corporation; 2,052-MW capacity; first operational in 1972.
- Fort Martin Power Station; owned by FirstEnergy Corporation; 1,152-MW capacity; first operational in 1967.
- Mitchell Power Station; owned by Kentucky Power Company (Frankfort, Kentucky), a subsidiary of AEP; 1,600-MW capacity; first operational in 1971.
- Longview Power; owned by GenPower LLC (Maidsville, West Virginia); 695-MW capacity; first operational in 2011.
- Morgantown Cogeneration; owned by Morgantown Energy Associates LP (Morgantown, West Virginia); 62-MW capacity; first operational in 1992.
These plants directly employ about 3,000 people.
West Virginia ranks 15th in total energy consumption per capita among U.S. states, with 389 million British thermal units (Btu). It ranks second in coal production, after Wyoming. West Virginia produced 12% of all the coal mined in the U.S. in 2012, and 45% of West Virginia's coal was shipped to other states, while 40% was exported to other countries. Coal-fired electric power plants produced 95% of West Virginia's net electricity generation in 2013 and a significant proportion of that electricity was consumed outside the state: 56% of West Virginia's electricity generation was consumed outside the state in 2010.
The EPA Clean Power Plan calls for West Virginia to reduce its carbon emissions by 20%, which is lower than the 30% national average reduction called for by the plan. West Virginia's power generation sector is 95% coal-fired. In addition, even though there are three plants that are more than 60 years old and already scheduled for closure in 2015, the remaining plants are relatively new, including one plant that is only three years old.
West Virginia's economy would be severely impacted by the curtailment of coal-fired power generation--not only because it produces 95% of its own power from coal and sells a big portion of that power production, but also because of the loss of coal sales to other states that are forced to shut down their own coal-fired power plants. West Virginia's coal mining industry would only have foreign customers to sell to if the EPA's Clean Power Plan is fully implemented.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, three offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
