Spruce Unit 2

CPS Energy, which is owned by the City Public Service Board of San Antonio, is operating a 600 megawatt (MW) power plant as an addition to its Calaveras Lake based J. K. Spruce Station. The utility boiler burns coal from the Powder River Basin. The plant became operational in 2010.

Project Details
Sponsor: City Public Service Board of San Antonio Location: Calaveras Lake, TX Capacity: 750 MW Projected in service: 2010 Status: Construction

Financing

 * Lehman Brothers

Citizen Groups

 * Stop the Coal Plant
 * Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition, Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org

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