Picway Power Plant

Picway Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by American Electric Power near Lockbourne, Ohio.

Plant Data

 * Owner: Columbus Southern Power Company
 * Parent Company: American Electric Power
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 106 MW (Megawatts)
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 106 MW (1955)
 * Location: 9301 U.S. Rte. 23, Lockbourne, OH 43137
 * GPS Coordinates: 39.793875, -83.008486
 * Coal Consumption:
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 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

 * 2006 CO2 Emissions: 501,705 tons
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions:
 * 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
 * 2006 NOx Emissions:
 * 2005 Mercury Emissions:

Coal Waste Site

 * Picway Power Plant Ash Pond

Proposed coal plant closures
On June 9, 2011, AEP announced that, based on impending EPA regulations as proposed, AEP’s compliance plan would retire nearly 6,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fueled power generation; upgrade or install new advanced emissions reduction equipment on another 10,100 MW; refuel 1,070 MW of coal generation as 932 MW of natural gas capacity; and build 1,220 MW of natural gas-fueled generation. The cost of AEP’s compliance plan could range from $6 billion to $8 billion in capital investment through the end of the decade.

AEP’s current plan for compliance with the rules as proposed includes permanently retiring the following coal-fueled power plants:


 * Glen Lyn Plant, Glen Lyn, Va. – 335 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014);
 * Kammer Plant, Moundsville, W.Va. – 630 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014) (pictured above)
 * Kanawha River Plant, Glasgow, W.Va. – 400 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014);
 * Philip Sporn Power Plant, New Haven, W.Va. – 1,050 MW (450 MW expected to retire in 2011, 600 MW retired by Dec. 31, 2014); and
 * Picway Power Plant, Lockbourne, Ohio – 100 MW (retired by Dec. 31, 2014).

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