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| − | 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>
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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>
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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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| − | ==Project Details==
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| − | '''Sponsor:''' EnergyCo<br>
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| − | '''Location:''' Bremond, Robertson County, TX<br>
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| − | '''Capacity:''' 600 MW<br>
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| − | '''Type:''' Conventional lignite<br>
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| − | '''Projected in service:''' 2011<br>
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| − | '''Status:''' Cancelled<br>
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| − | ==Financing==
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| − | ==Citizen Groups==
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| − | *[http://www.stopthecoalplant.org/ Stop the Coal Plant]
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| − | *[http://www.seedcoalition.org/ Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition], Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org
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| − | *[http://www.texas.sierraclub.org/air.asp Texas Sierra Club], Neil Carman, neil_carman [at] greenbuilder.com
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| − | *[http://www.citizen.org/texas/Dereg/coalplants/ Texas Public Citizen], jcarraway [at] citizen.org
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | ===Related SourceWatch Articles===
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| − | * [[Twin Oaks Power Station]]
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| − | *[[Coal plant litigation]]
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| − | *[[Texas and coal]]
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| − | *[[United States and coal]]
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| − | *[[Carbon Capture and Storage]]
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| − | *[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]
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| − | *[[:category:Proposed coal plants in the United States|US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)]]
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| − | *[[Coal plants cancelled in 2007]]
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| − | *[[Coal plants cancelled in 2008]]
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| − | *[[State-by-State Guide to Information on Coal in the United States|State-by-state guide to information on coal in the United States]] '''(or click on the map)'''
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| − | === External links ===
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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.)
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| − | [[Category: Proposed coal plants in Texas]][[Category: Energy]]
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| − | [[Category:Proposed coal plants in the United States]]
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