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The existing Jim Bridger plant comprises four units, totaling 2110 megawatts (MW) of capacity. Completed in 1974, these generators use coal from the Bridger Coal and Black Butte mines. In 2006, PacifiCorp announced its intention to build a 600-800 MW expansion at the same site.^[1][2]

On Jan. 18, 2007, the Oregon Public Utility Commission argued that PacifiCorp had failed to demonstrate a need for new coal-fired facilities in Wyoming and Utah. On June 7, PacifiCorp announced plans to build 1200 miles of transmission lines to connect the proposed plant to customers in three other states.^[3]

On Nov. 28, 2007, PacifiCorp notified the Utah Public Service Commission that it was no longer pursuing this project, due to “the time frame and the uncertainty around coal, based on climate change issues.”^[4][5]

Contents 1 Project Details 2 Financing 3 Citizen Groups 4 Resources 4.1 References 4.2 Related SourceWatch Articles 4.3 External links

Project Details

Sponsor: Idaho Power Company and PacifiCorp
Location: Rock Springs, WY
Capacity: 600-800 MW
Type: Pulverized coal
Status: Cancelled (11/07)

Financing

• Citigroup
• Credit Suisse
• Wells Fargo

Citizen Groups

Resources

References

1. ↑ Expansion Planned at Bridger Power Plant, Casper Star-Tribune, December 4, 2006.
2. ↑ Western Resource Advocates website, accessed January 2008.
3. ↑ PacifiCorp Announces Plant to Build 1,200 Miles of New Transmission Lines, Columbia Basin Energy Report, May 31, 2007.
4. ↑ PacifiCorp Cancels Wyoming Coal Projects, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, December 11, 2007.
5. ↑ "PacifiCorp labels coal a no-go for new plant," Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, December 7, 2007

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Carbon Capture and Storage
• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)
• Coal plants cancelled in 2007
• Coal plants cancelled in 2008
• Wyoming and coal
• State-by-state guide to information on coal in the United States (or click on the map)

External links

• "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants", National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 23. (PDF)
• "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
• PacifiCorp website
• Idaho Power Company website