Whelan Energy Center
OperatingCoal Power Plant           Total Power
324.3 MW
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4520 East South St.
Hastings, NE 68902
United States
Latitude: 40.58087
Longitude: -98.31244
Year Opened: 1981
Water Source: Wells
Notes
Addition of one 220 MW (2,210.5 MMBTU/hr) pulverized coal dry bottom boiler, 74 MMBTU/hr auxiliary boiler, diesel-fired 800 kW emergency generator, 50 hp diesel-fire fire pump : see http://www.nmppenergy.org/hastingsengineers.htm

MEAN joined together with four other public power entities to form the Public Power Generation Agency (PPGA), a non-profit governmental entity formed under the Nebraska Interlocal Cooperation Act. PPGA will develop, construct and operate Whelan Energy Center 2 (WEC2), a 220 MW coal-fired generating unit. WEC 2 will be built adjacent to the existing 77 MW WEC 1 unit near Hastings, Nebraska. The anticipated commercial operation date of WEC 2 is 2011.
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EIA 2008
Sierra Club: Stopping the Coal Rush
Coal Swarm
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860
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Environmental Justice Analysis
Distance (miles)02.551025
American Indian0.207039%0.5%0.7%0.5%
Asian0.207039%1.2%1.5%1.1%
Black0.0690131%1.5%0.9%0.7%
Hispanic1.24224%18.0%13.4%10.6%
White96.9634%76.0%80.5%84.2%
Population1,4498,84827k39k
Income$64k$57k
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CORPORATIONS
NameRelationOwnership
Hastings City ofOwner15.91%
City of Nebraska CityOwner4.55%
Municipal Energy Agency of NEOwner36.36%
Heartland Consumers Power DistOwner36.36%
Grand Island City ofOwner6.82%
Hastings City ofOwner100%


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