Coal-Fired Power Plants in the USA
Arizona, California & New Mexico

Ace Cogen Location: CA Operator: Ace Cogen Trona Operating Partners Configuration: 1 X 108 MW CHP Operation: 1990 Fuel: bituminous coal, petroleum coke, TDF Boiler supplier: Foster Wheeler T/G supplier: Hitachi, MHI EPC: Black & Veatch Quick facts: This CFB unit largest coal-fired cogeneration facility in the state. It is a Qualifying Facility with an agreement to supply power to Southern California Edison until Nov 2015. Steam is supplied to two North American Chemical Co soda ash plants adjacent to the site. Photograph courtesy of Foster Wheeler Posted 27 Nov 2005	Coronado Location: AZ Operator: Salt River Project Configuration: 2 X 410 MW Operation: 1979-1980 Fuel: subbituminous coal Boiler supplier: Riley Stoker T/G supplier: GE EPC: Bechtel Photograph courtesy of Salt River Project Posted 17 Jan 2001	Mount Poso Location: CA Operator: Northern Star Generation LLC Configuration: 1 X 62 MW Operation: 1989 Fuel: bituminous coal, petroleum coke, TDF Boiler supplier: Foster Wheeler T/G supplier: GEC-Alstom EPC: Bechtel Quick facts: This cogeneration plant was originally built by Mt Poso Cogeneration Co, a joint venture of Ahlstrom Development Corp, Pacific Generation Co, and Bechtel Enterprises. The facility provides steam for enhanced oil recovery at the Mt. Poso Field-West and was originally built as a baseload cogen plant under PURPA but deregulation in California starting in 1998 moved it to a cycling merchant-plant business model. Photograph courtesy of Foster Wheeler Posted 27 Nov 2005
Plains Escalante Location: NM Operator: Tri-State G&T Coop Configuration: 1 X 233 MW Operation: 1984 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: Construction on Escalante started in 1984 and the plant cost $450mn. Fuel is delivered by rail from Peabody’s Lee Ranch Mine. Photograph courtesy of Tri-State G&T Association Inc Posted 9 Jan 2002	San Juan Location: NM Operator: Public Service New Mexico Configuration: 2 X 360 MW, 2 X 544 MW Operation: 1973-1982 Fuel: subbituminous coal Boiler supplier: B&W, FW T/G supplier: GE, Westinghouse Quick facts: San Juan is operated by PNM on behalf of nine Western utility owners including investor-owned companies, coops, and public power companies. Photograph courtesy of Public Service New Mexico Posted 24 Jan 2002	Springerville Location: AZ Operator: Tucson Electric Power Co Configuration: 2 X 425 MW, 1 X 420 MW Operation: 1985-2006 Fuel: subbituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE, FW T/G supplier: BBC, MHI, Melco EPC: Bechtel, Brown & Root Quick facts: The plant was originally designed by Bechtel Power to have four units and a new 400-MW block has just been completed at a cost of about $850mn including $90mn in upgrades to the FGDs and burner systems of Units 1&2. Unit-3 has SCR and dry FGD scrubbers. Fuel is from Peabody’s Lee Ranch Mine. Photograph courtesy of Bechtel Power Re-posted 14 Oct 2006

Abbreviations: BBC = Brown Boveri, B&W = Babcock & Wilcox, CE = Combustion Engineering, FW = Foster Wheeler, GE = General Electric, Melco = Mitsubishi Electric, MHI = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, TDF = tire derived fuel, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 12/29/06

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