Hugo 2

Oklahoma-based Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) and Brazos Electric Power Cooperative of Waco, TX have proposed a 750 MW coal-fired plant near Ft. Towson, Oklahoma. Hugo 2 would be located adjacent to WFEC’s existing 450 megawatt Hugo 1 plant. WFEC would receive 250 MW from the plant, and Brazos would receive 500 MW.

The final air permit for the plant was issued in Feb. 2007, and is valid for 18 months. According to the Sierra Club, as of Oct. 2007 the sponsoring utilities were having difficulty finding additional sponsors for the project.

In June 2008, the Oklahoma DEQ approved an eighteen-month extension on the final air permit for the proposed plant. As of August 2008, WFEC hadn't started construction.

In January, 2010, the Sierra Club reported that WFEC has abandoned the project.

Project Details
Sponsor: Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Location: Fort Townsend, OK Capacity: 750 MW Type: Projected in service: 2011 Status: Abandoned

Financing

 * Citigroup
 * Credit Suisse
 * Goldman Sachs
 * JP Morgan Chase
 * Merrill Lynch
 * Morgan Stanley

Citizen Groups

 * Sequoyah County Clean Air Coalition

Related SourceWatch Articles

 * Oklahoma and coal
 * United States and coal
 * Carbon Capture and Storage
 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)
 * Coal plants cancelled in 2007
 * Coal plants cancelled in 2008
 * State-by-state guide to information on coal in the United States (or click on the map)