Cholla Power Plant
Cholla Power Plant | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Joseph City, AZ |
Coordinates | 34°56′25″N 110°18′01″W / 34.94028°N 110.30028°WCoordinates: 34°56′25″N 110°18′01″W / 34.94028°N 110.30028°W |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 1962 |
Owner(s) | Arizona Public Service |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Subbituminous coal |
Type | Steam turbine |
Feeding mines | McKinley Mine in New Mexico |
Cooling source | Artificial Cholla Lake |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 1021 MW |
Cholla is a major coal-fired power plant near Joseph City, Arizona. The coal burned at the plant came mostly from the McKinley Mine in New Mexico until the Mine closed in 2009.
Units
The plant currently consists of the following units:[1]
Unit | Nameplate capacity (MWe) | Commissioning | Notes |
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1 | 113.6 | 1962 | |
2 | 288.9 | 1978 | Retirement April 2016 |
3 | 312.3 | 1980 | |
4 | 414 | 1981 | Owned by PacifiCorp |
References
- ↑ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
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