Morgantown generating station, Maryland
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The Morgantown Generating Station is a 1,492 MW electric generating plant owned by Mirant Services LLC which is located near the unincorporated town of Morgantown, Maryland, on the Potomac River. The facility consists of two 624 MW coal-fired steam generating plants, four 48 MW oil-fired peaking combustion units, and two 16 MW black start peaking turbines. The two coal-fired units are base-loaded supercritical steam units which went into operation in 1967. The four peaking units are General Electric Frame 7 units which went into operation in 1973, while the two black start peaking units are General Electric Frame 5 units which went into operation in 1970 and 1971.[1]
Coal is delivered to the Morgantown generating station by CSX Transportation train using the Pope's Creek Subdivision rail line. Construction of a coal barge unloading pier on the Potomac River began in 2007.
All of the generating plants at the Morgantown Generating Station were built by the Potomac Electric Power Company, which sold them to the Southern Company in December 2000 as a result of the restructuring of the electricity generating industry in Maryland. The station was included in the Mirant spin-off in April 2001.
The Morgantown Generating Station is dispatched by the PJM Interconnection regional transmission organization.
[edit] References
- ^ Environmental Review of the Air Pollution Control Project at the Morantown Generating Station by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (Apr. 6, 2007), Maryland Public Service Commission Case No. 9085 docket
