Flint Creek Power Plant

Flint Creek Power Plant
Country USA
Location Round Prairie Township, Benton County, near Gentry, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°15′20″N 94°31′22″W / 36.25556°N 94.52278°W / 36.25556; -94.52278Coordinates: 36°15′20″N 94°31′22″W / 36.25556°N 94.52278°W / 36.25556; -94.52278
Status Operational
Commission date 1978
Owner(s) ​1⁄2 SWEPCO/AEP and ​1⁄2 Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Powder River Basin Coal
Cooling source Little Flint Creek Reservoir
Power generation
Units operational 1
Nameplate capacity 528 MW

Flint Creek Power Plant is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located west of Gentry, Arkansas in Benton County, Arkansas.

The lone unit uses coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via Kansas City Southern Railway. The output is owned jointly half and half by SWEPCO/AEP and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.[1]

Units

Unit Capacity Commissioning Notes
1 528 MW (Coal)[2] 1978

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Flint Creek Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ "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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