Clinch River

712.5 MW

Address

State Route 82
Cleveland, VA 24225
United States

Latitude: 36.93344

Longitude: -82.19928

Year Opened: 1958

Water Source: Clinch River

Notes

Near Carbo, VA
2013: converting to Natural Gas.

Appalachian Power is seeking approval from state regulators in Virginia and West Virginia to spend about $65 million to convert two 240-MW coal-fired generating units at its 720-MW Clinch River baseload coal plant in southwestern Virginia to natural gas over the next three years.

Todd Burns, a spokesman for the American Electric Power subsidiary, said Friday that if regulators approve APCo's request, one Clinch River unit will be switched to gas in September 2015, the other in February 2016. A third 240-MW coal unit will be shut down on June 1, 2014, he said, because of economic reasons.

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Data Sources

EIA 2008
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860

Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian				0.1%	0.2%
Asian				0.2%	0.3%
Black	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	1.3%	0.9%
Hispanic	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%
White	97.1%	97.1%	97.0%	95.0%	95.1%

Population	666	553	1,707	13k	68k
Income	$38k			$38k	$44k

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CORPORATIONS

Name	Relation	Ownership
Appalachian Power Co	Owner	100%

LINKS

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2013 Clinch River Power Plant Natural Gas RFP 2013 "Following the conversion, the nominal capacity rating for the two units will be a combined 480 MWs"
AEP's Clinch River power plant in Virginia to convert from coal to gas 5/31/2013 news

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