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Flint Creek Power Plant
Flint Creek Power Plant is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located west of Gentry, Arkansas in Benton County, Arkansas.
| Flint Creek Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Location | Round Prairie Township, Benton County, near Gentry, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 36°15′20″N 94°31′22″W / 36.25556°N 94.52278°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1978 |
| Owner(s) | 50% SWEPCO/AEP and 50% Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Powder River Basin Coal |
| Cooling source | Little Flint Creek Reservoir |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 |
| Nameplate capacity | 528 MW |
The lone unit uses coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via Kansas City Southern Railway. The output is owned jointly half and half by SWEPCO/AEP and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.[1]
As part of the project, SWEPCO constructed a 100’ high dam on Little Flint Creek to create a reservoir to provide cooling water to the plant.[2] The reservoir, known as Lake Flint Creek or SWEPCO Lake, provides fishing opportunities and is open to the public.[3]
Units
| Unit | Capacity | Commissioning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 528 MW (Coal)[4] | 1978 |
See also
References
- ^ . Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ "Flint Creek Power Plant". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "AGFC powers up SWEPCO Lake with massive fish habitat project". Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
External links
- http://www.AEP.com/
- Data on generation and fuel consumption from the Energy Information Administration Electricity Data Browser