Prairie State Generatng Station
OperatingCoal Power Plant           Total Power
1766 MW
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4275 County Highway 12
Marissa, IL 62257
United States
Latitude: 38.27917
Longitude: -89.66694
http://www.prairiestateenergycampus.com
Year Opened: 2012
Water Source: Kaskaskia River
Notes
As of Oct. 2009, still under construction

Peabody will build the Prairie State Energy Campus -- a 1,600-megawatt (MW), coal-fired electricity plant, comprised of two 750 MWe pulverized coal boilers and one 400 mmBtu/hr auxillary boiler -- in Washington County in southern Illinois. Construction at Prairie, if the plans pass state approval, is scheduled to start in late 2002 to early 2003 and is expected to last approximately four years.
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Data Sources

EJN Coal Spreadsheet 2006/2007
EIA 2008
EPA 119 Proposed Coal Plants - 2003/2004
Sierra Club: Stopping the Coal Rush
Coal Swarm
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860
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Distance (miles)02.551025
American Indian0.1%0.2%
Asian0.3%0.1%0.2%0.6%
Black0.4%0.3%0.7%2.7%
Hispanic0.1%0.4%1.6%2.9%
White96.5%95.5%93.8%89.4%
Population6941,4086,72168k
Income$72k$57k
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