Mount Tom Station

Mount Tom Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by GDF Suez near Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Plant Data

 * Owner: FirstLight Power
 * Parent Company: GDF Suez
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 136 MW (Megawatts)
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 136 MW (1960)
 * Location: 200 Northampton St., Holyoke, MA 01040
 * GPS Coordinates: 42.280833, -72.605278
 * Coal Consumption:
 * Coal Source:
 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data
In 2007, the Mount Tom station was the second largest source of pollution in Massachusetts. The plant was the source of 489,104 pounds of the 26.7 million pounds of chemicals released in the state in 2007.
 * 2006 CO2 Emissions: 1,166,926 tons
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions:
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
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Coal waste Sites

 * Mount Tom Station Bottom Ash Basin
 * Mount Tom Station Equalization Tank
 * Mount Tom Station Special Basin

EPA Violations
According to New York Times compilation of 2009 EPA data the plant has violated the Clean Water Act 186 times without paying any fines.

March 1, 2009: Activists rally against coal in Massachusetts
In solidarity with the Capital Climate Action on March 2, protests were held in Massachusetts at the Dominion's Salem Harbor and Brayton Point plants, NRG's Somerset plant, and Northeast Utilities' Mount Tom plant. Approximately sixty people gathered at the Mount Tom plant in Holyoke. In Salem, about forty people rallied and speakers, such as Aviva Chomsky, were featured; the event was organized by HealthLink. In Somerset, seventy-five people rallied in a park within sight of both of the town's coal-fired power plants.

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