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In April 2006, PNM Resources acquired the plant from Sempra. In June 2007, PNM Resources entered a joint venture (along with Bill Gates’s Cascade Investments) with EnergyCo, passing on the power contracts of the current and future Twin Oaks units to EnergyCo.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1317867620070413 PNM Texas Coal Plant to Go to Bill Gates Venture], ''Reuters UK'', April 13, 2007.</ref> | In April 2006, PNM Resources acquired the plant from Sempra. In June 2007, PNM Resources entered a joint venture (along with Bill Gates’s Cascade Investments) with EnergyCo, passing on the power contracts of the current and future Twin Oaks units to EnergyCo.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1317867620070413 PNM Texas Coal Plant to Go to Bill Gates Venture], ''Reuters UK'', April 13, 2007.</ref> | ||
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| + | In August 2008, PNM announced that it would not pursue the Twin Oaks expansion. No reason was given for the cancellation.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSN1248362320080812 "PNM Resources drops Texas coal-plant expansion,"] Reuters, August 12, 2008.</ref> | ||
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'''Type:''' Conventional lignite<br> | '''Type:''' Conventional lignite<br> | ||
'''Projected in service:''' 2011<br> | '''Projected in service:''' 2011<br> | ||
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* [http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.) | * [http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.) | ||
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Revision as of 05:31, 18 August 2008
{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, proposed a 600 MW power plant as a third generating unit at its 350 MW Twin Oaks Power Plant in Bremond, TX.[1] Sempra Generation filed for an air permit with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in July 2005; as of Dec. 2007, the permit was still pending.[2]
In April 2006, PNM Resources acquired the plant from Sempra. In June 2007, PNM Resources entered a joint venture (along with Bill Gates’s Cascade Investments) with EnergyCo, passing on the power contracts of the current and future Twin Oaks units to EnergyCo.[3]
In August 2008, PNM announced that it would not pursue the Twin Oaks expansion. No reason was given for the cancellation.[4]
Contents
Project Details
Sponsor: EnergyCo
Location: Bremond, Robertson County, TX
Capacity: 600 MW
Type: Conventional lignite
Projected in service: 2011
Status: Cancelled
Financing
Citizen Groups
- Stop the Coal Plant
- Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition, Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org
- Texas Sierra Club, Neil Carman, neil_carman [at] greenbuilder.com
- Texas Public Citizen, jcarraway [at] citizen.org
Resources
References
- ↑ Emissions from Recently Permitted and Proposed Coal Burning Power Plants, Stop the Coal Plant website, August 7, 2007.
- ↑ Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chief Clerk's Database, Permit #76381, accessed December 2007.
- ↑ PNM Texas Coal Plant to Go to Bill Gates Venture, Reuters UK, April 13, 2007.
- ↑ "PNM Resources drops Texas coal-plant expansion," Reuters, August 12, 2008.
Related SourceWatch Articles
External links
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
