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{{#badges: CoalSwarmMoved to GEM}}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.<ref>[http://www.stopthecoalplant.org/downloads/power_plants_emissions_data.pdf Emissions from Recently Permitted and Proposed Coal Burning Power Plants], Stop the Coal Plant website, August 7, 2007.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www4.tceq.state.tx.us/cid/ccd/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.GeneralError&title=CCD&CFID=182993&CFTOKEN=31768838 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chief Clerk's Database], Permit #76381, accessed December 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> ==Project Details=='''Sponsor:''' EnergyCo<br>'''Location:''' Bremond, Robertson County, TX<br>'''Capacity:''' 600 MW<br>'''Type:''' Conventional lignite<br>'''Projected in service:''' 2011<br>'''Status:''' Proposed<br> ==Financing== ==Citizen Groups==*[http://www.stopthecoalplant.org/ Stop the Coal Plant]*[http://www.seedcoalition.org/ Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition], Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org*[http://www.texas.sierraclub.org/air.asp Texas Sierra Club], Neil Carman, neil_carman [at] greenbuilder.com*[http://www.citizen.org/texas/Dereg/coalplants/ Texas Public Citizen], jcarraway [at] citizen.org ==Resources=====References=== <references/> ===Related SourceWatch Articles=== ===External Links===* [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.) [[Category: Texas proposed coal plants]][[Category: Energy]][[Category: Active US coal plant proposals]]
