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Eddystone Generating Station
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Eddystone Generating Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Exelon near Eddystone, Pennsylvania.
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Exelon announces plan to shut Pennsylvania coal plants
On December 2, 2009, Exelon announced that it would retire Cromby Generating Station and two units at Eddystone Generating Station in 2011. The closures include 144 MW of coal-fired power at Cromby and another 588 MW at Eddystone. Eddystone will continue to operate 820 MW of natural gas- and oil-fired generation. Exelon senior vice president Doyle Beneby said the retirements were due to "decreased power demand, over supply of natural gas and increasing operating costs," adding that, "these aging units are no longer efficient enough to compete with newer resources."[1] The announcement comes just one day after Progress Energy said it would shut 11 aging coal-fired power units totaling almost 1,500 MW in North Carolina.[2]
Plant Data
- Owner/Parent Company: Exelon
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 707 MW (Megawatts)
- Units and In-Service Dates: 354 MW (1960), 354 MW (1960)
- Location: 1 Industrial Hwy., Eddystone, PA 19022
- GPS Coordinates: 39.863068, -75.32444
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source:
- Number of Employees:
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 3,720,279 tons.[3]
- 2006 SO2 Emissions: 6,720 tons.[4]
- 2006 NOx Emissions: 5,409 tons.[4]
- 2005 Mercury Emissions: 107 pounds.[5]
Toxic Waste Data [5]
- Arsenic Waste: 4,619.2 pounds
- Air Release: 1,262.2 pounds
- Land Release (Landfill): 3,357 pounds
- Chromium Waste: 4,507.3 pounds
- Air Release: 710.3 pounds
- Land Release (Landfill): 3,797 pounds
- Dioxin Waste: 1.7 grams
- Air Release: 1.7 grams
- Lead Waste: 2,540.7 pounds
- Air Release: 737.9 pounds
- Land Release (Landfill): 1,802.8 pounds
- Nickel Waste: 5,367.2 pounds
- Air Release: 1,789.2 pounds
- Land Release (Landfill): 3,578 pounds
Accidents and Negligence
- February 19, 1983:Two workers were severely burned when the circuit breaker on a disabled generating unit blew during repairs.[6]
- October 5, 1983: A pill-sized radioactive pellet was dropped on the boiler room floor. According to Philadelphia Electric and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission overseeing the recovery, no one was exposed or in danger at the time of the incident.[7]
- September 10, 1987:[8]
- A worker cleaning a sulfur dioxide scrubber bled to death when a power washer spontaneously turned on, shooting a 6,000 pounds-per-square-inch spray of water through his leg.
- Responding to the call for help without a stretcher or medical supplies, workers determined it would be more beneficial to attempt to remove the man from the scrubber before attempting first aid.
- The man bled to death before he could be removed from the scrubber.
Litigation and Controversy
- March 17, 2002[9]
- Eddystone power plant begins discussion over $5.7 million in delinquent state taxes that had nearly bankrupted the local school district.
- Arguments over the plant’s value assessment kept the company from paying $3.6 million to the school district, $1 million to the town of Eddystone, and $1.1 million to Delaware County.
- While the company files appeals, the county, town, and school board authorities acknowledge they have almost no power to force payment, unlike with private property where tax-liens can be placed on the property.
- A week later, half the payment was received while negotiations continued on the unpaid portion.[citation needed]
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ "Exelon to retire 933 MW of capacity in 2011," Power Engineering, December 2, 2009.
- ↑ Progress Energy
- ↑ "Eddystone", Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Facility Search Report - Criteria Air Pollutants - Facility Detail: Eddystone", U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Eddystone Generating Station (2006)", RTK Net, OMB Watch, accessed February 2009.
- ↑ "Circuit Blows PE Plant", Philadelphia Daily News, February 19, 1983, page 3.
- ↑ "Radioactive Mishap Ends at Plant", Philadelphia Inquirer, October 5, 1983, page B06.
- ↑ "Power Washer Accident Kills Felton Man at Work: A High Pressure Jet of Water Fatally Injured Charles Egger at Work in Delaware Counrty Saturday",York Daily Record (PA), September 10, 1997.
- ↑ "Utility Giant Exelon Stiffs Delaware County, Pa., School, Town on Taxes", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 2002.
- Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
- Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.]
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