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| − | Florida had 30 coal-fired generating stations in 2005, with 11,382 MW of capacity - representing 18.8% of the state's total electric generating capacity.<ref name="EIA">[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat2p2.html Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005], Energy Information Administration, accessed April 2008.</ref> In 2008, Florida's coal-fired power plants produced 120.9 million tons of CO<sub>2</sub>, 271,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, and 170,000 tons of nitrogen oxide.<ref>[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/st_profiles/florida.html 2008 Florida Electricity Profile], Energy Information Administration, March 2010.</ref> As of March 2010, coal is used for 30% of the state's electricity demand.<ref name="FL">[http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=FL#overview "Florida Profile: Coal, Electricity, and Renewables"] Energy Information Administration, accessed March 2010.</ref>
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| − | In 2005, Florida emitted 15 tons of CO<sub>2</sub> per person.<ref name="eRedux">[http://www.eredux.com/states/state_detail.php?id=1114&state=FLORIDA Florida Energy Consumption Information], eRedux website, accessed March 2010.</ref> This relatively low total is due to the relative lack of heavy industry in the state, and to the strong role that natural gas (which represents 50.5% of Florida's electric generating capacity) plays in the state's power industry.<ref name="EIA"/>
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| − | No coal was mined in Florida in 2010.<ref name="FL"/> In May 2010 the [[Union of Concerned Scientists]] released a report titled, ''Burning Coal, Burning Cash: Ranking the States that Import the Most Coal''. In the paper the group reported that Florida was the fourth most coal dependent state in the country, spending $1.6 billion on coal imports in 2008.<ref>[http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/technology_and_impacts/impacts/burning-coal-burning-cash.html "Burning Coal, Burning Cash"] Union of Concerned Scientists' Report, May 18, 2010.</ref>
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| − | ==History==
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| − | Coal reserves in Florida are marginal, and the state consequently has no history of coal mining.<ref>[http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ftproot/coal/0576.pdf State Coal Profiles], Energy Information Administration, 1994. - cached copy at [http://coaldiver.org/documents/state-coal-profiles-doe-eia-january-1994 CoalDiver.org]</ref> The coal power industry has in recent years been fairly powerful in the state: 17 plants, which collectively represent 66% of the state's coal-fired power generating capacity, have been built in Florida since 1980. However, in July 2007, Charlie Crist, Florida's newly-elected Republican governor, signed an executive order mandating CO<sub>2</sub> to 40% below 2007 levels by 2025; in this context, it will probably be impossible to build another traditional coal-fired power plant, and four coal-fired power plant proposals - [[Polk Power Station Unit 6]], [[Seminole 3]], [[Stanton Energy Center]], and [[Taylor Energy Center]] - have been cancelled or rejected since then.<ref>[http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/media/enews/2007/2007-05_energy_agenda.htm Governor Crist Sets New Energy and Environmental Agenda for Florida], Florida Solar Energy Center website, July 2007.</ref>
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| − | ==Citizen activism==
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| − | ===March 20, 2009: 'Bluegrass at the Bank' hits Bank of America branch in Sarasota, FL===
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| − | Members of [[Mountain Justice]] and [[Earth First!]] from Florida and Appalachia disrupted the lobby of a [[Bank of America]] branch in Sarasota in protest of the Bank's continued funding of mountaintop removal mining and the construction of new coal-fired power plants despite recent claims of environmental concern. While several folks distributed informational hand-outs about BoA's investments in coal to tellers and account-holders, one individual played bluegrass banjo to celebrate the culture of the Appalachian region that BoA's investments so threaten. The activists' signs read, "Bank of America: still funding coal, killing communities."<ref>[http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/actions/2009-03-20/index.php "Bluegrass at the bank strikes again!,"] Mountain Justice Summer, March 20, 2009.</ref>
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| − | ==Legislation and executive orders==
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| − | In July 2007, Governor Charlie Crist signed three executive orders for Florida's energy policy, commiting to reducing the state's greenhouse gases and increasing energy efficiency:
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| − | '''Executive Order 07-126''' is titled "Leadership by Example: Immediate Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Florida State Government." This measure included a commitment to reduce emissions 10 percent by 2012, 25 percent by 2017, and 40 percent by 2025. The order called for higher energy efficiency in government buildings and fuel efficiency in state vehicles.<ref name="gov">[http://www.dep.state.fl.us/climatechange/eo.htm "Executive Orders and Partnership Agreements,"] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, July 13, 2007.</ref>
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| − | '''Executive Order 07-127''' is titled "Immediate Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions within Florida." This order established the maximum emission level of greenhouse gases for electric utilities. The standard requires a reduction of emissions to 2000 levels by 2017, to 1990 levels by 2025, and to 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. The measure also called for the adoption of California motor vehicle emission standards, which require a 22 percent reduction in vehicle emissions by 2012 and 30 percent reduction by 2016. The Governor also requested that the PSC adopt a 20 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2020, with an emphasis on solar and wind energy.<ref name="gov"/>
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| − | '''Executive Order 07-128''' is titled "Florida Governor’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change" and called for the creation of a Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change. This team, appointed by Governor Crist, is responsible for an action plan that would provide further recommendations for proposed legislation for consideration by the Florida state legislature.<ref name="gov"/>
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| − | On October 15, 2008, Florida released its action plan to curb global warming. The proposal includes fifty policy recommendations, which if adopted would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide $28 billion in savings by 2025. If all fifty recommendations are implemented, emissions could be reduced 64 percent by 2025. The action plan constitutes a 51 percent reduction of emissions below 2005 levels and a 33 percent reduction below 1990 levels, beyond the targets Governor Crist had asked the Action Team to achieve.<ref>[http://solveclimate.com/blog/20081015/florida-releases-state-climate-plan-huge-economic-gains-redefines-national-discussion "Florida Releases State Climate Plan: Huge Economic Gains, Redefines National Discussion,"] SolveClimate, October 15, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.flclimatechange.us/documents.cfm Florida Action Team Final Report], Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change, October 15, 2008.</ref>
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| − | ==Importing Colombian coal==
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| − | A new coal terminal at the Port of Jacksonville, Florida is slated to open in 2011, and could open markets in the southeastern and midwestern U.S. to Colombian coal. Use of Keystone Coal Co.’s $20 million terminal is expected to create access to imported coal that is 10 to 20 percent cheaper than domestic coal. Because rates for rail transport of U.S. coal continue to increase, the cost of getting the Colombian product to buyers would be significantly less, possibly as little as $4.50 per metric ton, versus $40 per metric ton for domestic coal. Keystone owner Tom Scholl suggested that despite calls for more environmentally forms of energy, the lower cost of Colombian coal would ensure its continued use for electrical generation.<ref>Mark Szakonyi, [http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2009/01/26/story1.html?b=1232946000^1765521 "Keystone preparing to import South American coal to Jacksonville,"] ''Jacksonville Business Journal,'' January 23, 2009.</ref>
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| − | ==Lawyer says Progress Energy owes Florida customers for overpriced coal==
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| − | On February 24, 2009, the attorney for Florida's utility customers announced a case against [[Progress Energy]], alleging that the company owes its 1.7 million customers a $61 million refund for overpriced coal used during 2006 and 2007. According to Public Counsel J.R. Kelly, Progress could have avoided extra costs by burning less expensive coal, but the company failed to secure a permit to do so.
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| − | The counsel's office has filed a request with the Florida PSC to order Progress to refund the money. Hearings will begin in April, and a decision should come in June 2009. Progress Energy Florida lost a similar case before the PSC in 2007, when the commission ordered the company to refund $13.8 million for buying more expensive coal from 2003 to 2005.<ref>[http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/article978985.ece "Progress Energy owes customers refund for coal costs, lawyer says,"] ''St. Petersburg Times,'' February 25, 2009.</ref>
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| − | ==Proposed coal plants==
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| − | ===Active===
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| − | There are no active coal power plant proposals in Florida.
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| − | ===Cancelled===
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| − | *[[Polk Power Station Unit 6]], Mulberry, FL
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| − | *[[Seminole 3]], Palatka, FL
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| − | *[[Stanton Energy Center]], Orlando, FL
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| − | *[[Taylor Energy Center]], Perry, FL
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| − | *[[Glades]] Project, Moore Haven, FL
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| − | *[[FPL St. Lucie Plant]], St. Lucie County, FL
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| − | ==Coal lobbying groups==
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| − | ==Coal power companies==
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| − | *[[TECO Energy]]
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| − | **Headquarters in Tampa, FL
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| − | **Owner of Tampa Electric Company
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| − | **39th biggest coal energy producer in U.S.
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| − | **Controls 6 coal-fired generating stations with 2149 MW capacity
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| − | *[[Seminole Electric Cooperative]]
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| − | **Headquarters in Tampa, FL
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| − | **Controls 2 coal-fired generating stations with 1429 MW capacity
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| − | *[[JEA]]
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| − | **Headquarters in Jacksonville, FL
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| − | **Controls 2 coal-fired generating stations with 1358 MW capacity
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| − | **Active proposals: [[Northside Generating Station]]
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| − | *[[Orlando Utilities Commission]]
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| − | **Headquarters in Orlando, FL
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| − | **Controls 2 coal-fired generating stations with 929 MW capacity
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| − | *Gulf Power Company, owned by [[Southern Company]]
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| − | *[[Progress Energy]]
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| − | *U.S. Operating Services Company, owned by [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]]
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| − | ==Existing coal plants==
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| − | Florida had 30 coal-fired generating units at 14 locations in 2005, with 11,382 megawatts (MW) of capacity - representing 18.8% of the state's total electric generating capacity.<ref>[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]</ref>
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| − | Click on the locations shown on the Florida map for plant details:
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| − | |27.797444, -82.405194~Big Bend Station~Click '''[[Big Bend Station|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 30.421417, -81.606972~Cedar Bay Cogeneration Plant~Click '''[[Cedar Bay Cogeneration Plant|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 28.579802, -82.42762~Central Power & Lime Power Plant~Click '''[[Central Power & Lime Power Plant|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 30.565167, -87.225944~Crist Plant~Click '''[[Crist Plant|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 28.958111, -82.699722~Crystal River Energy Complex~Click '''[[Crystal River Energy Complex|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 29.76182, -82.389197~Deerhaven Generating Station~Click '''[[Deerhaven Generating Station|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 30.681589, -81.45622~Jefferson Smurfit Fernandina Beach Power Plant~Click '''[[Jefferson Smurfit Fernandina Beach Power Plant|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 30.268722, -85.700861~Lansing Smith Generating Plant~Click '''[[Lansing Smith Generating Plant|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 28.081194, -81.922639~McIntosh Power Plant~Click '''[[McIntosh Power Plant|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 27.728611, -81.98972~Polk Power Station~Click '''[[Polk Power Station|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 30.669289, -84.887722~Scholz Generating Plant~Click '''[[Scholz Generating Plant|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 29.73775, -81.634722~Seminole Generating Station~Click '''[[Seminole Generating Station|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 30.433667, -81.552528~St. Johns River Power Park~Click '''[[St. Johns River Power Park|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | 28.482754, -81.165996~Stanton Energy Center (existing)~Click '''[[Stanton Energy Center (existing)|here]]''' for more information.;
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| − | Here is a list of coal power plants in Florida with capacity over 400 MW:<ref name="EIA">Environmental Integrity Project, [http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/Dirty_Kilowatts2007.pdf "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants"], July 2007.</ref><ref>[http://carma.org/dig Dig Deeper], Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed June 2008.</ref>
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| − | ! Plant Name !! County !! Owner !! width="175" | Year(s) Built !! width="75" | Capacity !! width="100" | 2007 CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions !! width="100" | 2006 SO<sub>2</sub> Emissions !! width="60" | SO<sub>2</sub>/MW Rank
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| − | ! align="left" | [[Crystal River Energy Complex|Crystal River]]
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| − | | align="center" | Citrus || align="center" | [[Progress Energy]] || align="center" | 1966, 1969, 1982, 1984 || align="right" | 2443 MW || align="right" | 21,159,000 tons || align="right" | 95,548 tons || align="right" | 105
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| − | ! align="left" | [[Big Bend Station|Big Bend]]
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| − | | align="center" | Hillsborough || align="center" | [[TECO Energy]] || align="center" | 1970, 1973, 1976, 1985 || align="right" | 1823 MW || align="right" | 10,700,000 tons || align="right" | 13,977 tons || align="right" | 223
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| − | ! align="left" | [[Seminole Generating Station|Seminole]]
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| − | | align="center" | Putnam || align="center" | [[Seminole Electric Cooperative]] || align="center" | 1984, 1985 || align="right" | 1429 MW || align="right" | 8,710,000 tons || align="right" | 22,773 tons || align="right" | 194
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| − | ! align="left" | [[St. Johns River Power Park|St. Johns River]]
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| − | | align="center" | Duval || align="center" | [[JEA]] || align="center" | 1987, 1988 || align="right" | 1358 MW || align="right" | 10,100,000 tons || align="right" | 23,020 tons || align="right" | 211
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| − | ! align="left" | [[Crist Plant|Crist]]
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| − | | align="center" | Escambia || align="center" | [[Southern Company]] || align="center" | 1959, 1961, 1970, 1973 || align="right" | 1135 MW || align="right" | 5,737,000 tons || align="right" | 35,614 tons || align="right" | 77
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| − | ! align="left" | [[Stanton Energy Center (existing)|Stanton]]
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| − | | align="center" | Orange || align="center" | [[Orlando Utilities Commission]] || align="center" | 1987, 1996 || align="right" | 929 MW || align="right" | 6,240,000 tons || align="right" | 6,255 tons || align="right" | 225
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| − | These 6 plants represent 84.0% of Florida's coal energy generating capacity, 25.7% of the state's ''total'' CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, and 23.6% of its ''total'' SO<sub>2</sub> emissions.<ref name="eRedux"/>
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| − | ===Coal unit closures===
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| − | ====Crystal River to close by 2020, replaced by nuclear plant====
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| − | In December 2008, Progress Energy Florida announced it will close two of the state's worst polluting coal-fired generators when its new Levy County nuclear plant is up and running in 2020. The company said the closure of two units at its [[Crystal River Energy Complex]] in Citrus County represents the equivalent of removing 830,000 vehicles from Florida's roads. The decision follows months of talks with state officials, including Gov. [[Charlie Crist]] and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael W. Sole, said Progress Energy Florida chief executive Jeff Lyash. Crist has hoped to reduce state carbon dioxide emissions to the 1990 level by 2025. The scheduled closure of the two Crystal River plants means the company would be 60 percent of the way toward the governor's goal, according to Progress Energy officials. Independent studies have listed the two coal plants among the nation's top 50 polluters.<ref name=as>Aaron Sharockman, [http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/article942758.ece "Progress Energy to close two coal-fired generators in 2020"] St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 19, 2008.</ref>
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| − | The energy created by the two Crystal River coal plants, which opened in 1966 and 1969, will be replaced by the new nuclear plant set to be built at a cost of $17-billion in Levy County. Two coal-fired power generators will remain in operation at the Citrus County site, as will a nuclear reactor. Progress Energy will spend $1.3-billion installing air emission-reduction equipment at the two remaining coal-fired plants. Early in 2007, Progress Energy won approval to raise bills 25 percent starting in January to pay for higher 2008 fuel costs and for early costs of the $17-billion nuclear project. The nuclear charge will add about $13 a month to the bill of the average residential customer, about 10 percent more.<ref name=as/>
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| − | ==Coal waste==
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| − | ===Coal ash pile in Orange County, FL may be leaking radioactive waste===
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| − | The Florida EPA is expected to ask the Orlando Utilities Commission to investigate the ash pile from its coal plant in eastern Orange County in early 2009. Officials believe the landfill is leaking radioactivity into a shallow underground aquifer. If the uranium and radium found in the [[Coal waste|coal combustion waste]] is causing elevated radioactivity in groundwater, it would be a sign that the liner is failing. Authorities say there is no immediate threat to local residents. The ash pile is 70-feet tall and holds several million tons of coal waste. As of September 2010 the EPA had taken no steps to close down the plant.<ref>Kevin Spear, [http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-coal2509jan25,0,1171050.story "Fears mount on how OUC handles ash from coal plant,"] ''Orlando Sentinel,'' January 25, 2009.</ref>
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| − | ===Coal Ash Waste and Water Contamination===
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| − | In August 2010 a study released by the [[Environmental Integrity Project]], the [[Sierra Club]] and [[Earthjustice]] reported that Florida, along with 34 states, had significant groundwater contamination from coal ash that was not recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report, in an attempt to pressure the EPA to regulate coal ash, noted that most states do not monitor drinking water contamination levels near waste disposal sites.<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/26/1793995/study-of-coal-ash-sites-finds.html "Study of coal ash sites finds extensive water contamination"] Renee Schoff, ''Miami Herald'', August 26, 2010.</ref> The report mentioned Florida's [[McIntosh Power Plant]] was one site that has groundwater contamination due to coal ash waste.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HRDN581.htm "Enviro groups: ND, SD coal ash polluting water"] Associated Press, August 24, 2010.</ref>
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| − | ===Lansing Smith ranked 57th on list of most polluting power plants in terms of coal waste===
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| − | In January 2009, Sue Sturgis of the Institute of Southern Studies compiled a list of the 100 most polluting coal plants in the United States in terms of [[Coal waste|coal combustion waste]] (CCW) stored in surface impoundments like the one involved in the [[TVA Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill]].<ref name="iss">Sue Sturgis, [http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/01/coals-ticking-timebomb-could-disaster-strike-a-coal-ash-dump-near-you.html "Coal's ticking timebomb: Could disaster strike a coal ash dump near you?,"] Institute for Southern Studies, January 4, 2009.</ref> The data came from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for 2006, the most recent year available.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/ TRI Explorer,] EPA, accessed January 2009.</ref>
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| − | [[Lansing Smith Generating Plant]] ranked number 57 on the list, with 520,282 pounds of coal combustion waste released to surface impoundments in 2006.<ref name="iss"/>
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| − | ===Elevated levels of toxic hexavalent chromium found at Lansing Smith===
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| − | A report released by EarthJustice and the Sierra Club in early February 2011 stated that there are many health threats associated with a toxic cancer-causing chemical found in [[Coal waste|coal ash waste]] called [[hexavalent chromium]]. The report specifically cited 29 sites in 17 states where the contamination was found. The information was gathered from existing EPA data on coal ash and included locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virgina and Wisconsin. In Florida, the [[Lansing Smith Generating Plant]] in Southport was reported as having high levels of chromium seeping into drinking water supplies.<ref name="blind spot">[http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/CoalAshChromeReport.pdf "EPA’s Blind Spot: Hexavalent Chromium in Coal Ash"] Earthjustice & Sierra Club, February 1, 2011.</ref>
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| − | According to EPA data, hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) was reported at the Lansing coal waste sites above 100 ppb (parts per billion) - 5,000 times the proposed California drinking water goals and above the federal drinking water standard.<ref name="blind spot"/>
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| − | ::Hexavalent chromium first made headlines after Erin Brockovich sued Pacific Gas & Electric because of poisoned drinking water from hexavalent chromium. Now new information indicates that the chemical has readily leaked from coal ash sites across the U.S. This is likely the tip of the iceberg because most coal ash dump sites are not adequately monitored.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/green-culture-in-mankato/coal-ash-waste-tied-to-cancer-causing-chemicals-water-supplies "Coal ash waste tied to cancer-causing chemicals in water supplies"] Alicia Bayer, Examiner.com, February 1, 2011.</ref>
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| − | According to the report, the electric power industry is the leading source of chromium and chromium compounds released into the environment, representing 24 percent of releases by all industries in 2009.<Ref name="blind spot"/>
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| − | ===Florida second highest in U.S. CO2 emissions===
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| − | A 2011 report by the Environmental Integrity Project, [http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/documents/CO2Report_2011RJD21811final.pdf "Getting Warmer: US CO2 Emissions from Power Plants Emissions Rise 5.6% in 2010"] shows that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants in the U.S. rose 5.56 percent in 2010 over 2009, the biggest annual increase since the EPA began tracking emissions in 1995. In total, electricity generators released 2.423 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2010, compared to 2.295 billion tons in 2009. The report is based on data from the EPA’s “Clean Air Markets” website, which tallies emission reports from electric generators.
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| − | The 10 worst states for CO2 pollution identified in the report are, in order, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri. Texas power plants released nearly 257 million tons of CO2, as much as the next two states - Florida and Ohio - combined, and more than seven times the total CO2 emissions from power plants in California. Texas opened three new coal plants toward the end of 2010, with a combined capacity of 2,156 megawatts.
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| − | Coal-fired boilers provided 45 percent of U.S. electricity in 2010, but were responsible for 81 percent of total CO2 emissions from electricity generation in 2010.
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| − | * 50 coal-fired power plants accounted for 750 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2010, or about a third of the total. The two largest carbon polluters, the Scherer and Bowen power plants in Georgia, together released more than 48 million tons of CO2 in 2010. By comparison, emissions from all power plants in California were 37.1 million tons; in New York, 40 million tons; and in the six states of New England, 40.5 million tons.
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| − | * Coal-fired generation rose 5.2 percent in the 12 months ending November 30, 2010. Nearly 4.5 gigawatts of new coal-fired electric generation came online in 2010, about half of that in Texas. But power companies have also announced plans to retire almost 12 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity within the next few years, including the announcement in Jan. 2011 that Xcel would close nearly 900 megawatts of coal-fired capacity at four different power stations in Colorado.
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| − | There are no coal mines in Florida.<ref>[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table9.html Major U.S. Coal Mines], Energy Information Administration, accessed June 2008.</ref>
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| − | ==Citizen groups==
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| − | *[[Big Bend Climate Action Team]]
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| − | *[http://www.conservancy.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=406&srcid=-2 Conservancy of Southwest Florida]
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| − | *[http://www.environmentflorida.org Environment Florida]
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| − | *[[Florida Wildlife Federation]]
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| − | *[[Save It Now, Glades]]
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| − | *[http://florida.sierraclub.org Sierra Club Florida Chapter]
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | ===Related SourceWatch articles===
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| − | *[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]
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| − | *[[Existing U.S. Coal Mines]]
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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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| − | *[[EPA Coal Plant Settlements]]
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| − | * [[State-by-State Guide to Information on Coal in the United States|Profiles of other states]] (or click on the map)
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| − | ===External links===
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| − | [http://www.dep.state.fl.us/air/permitting/construction/pp1007.pdf Florida map of power plants]
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