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SW: →Proposed coal unit closures and conversions: Adds Chesapeake and Yorktown Sept. 1 announcement
===Proposed coal unit closures and conversions===
==== Chesapeake Energy Center and Yorktown Power Station closures ====
Dominion announced Sept. 1, 2011, plans to close two coal-fired power plants, the[[Chesapeake Energy Center]]and the [[Yorktown Power Station]] by 2016. Two of the four units at the Chesapeake center are expected to be shut down by 2015 and the remaining two units would likely be shut down a year later. The announcement also included plans to shut down one of two coal-fired units at the Yorktown Power Station by 2015 and convert the second coal-fired unit to natural gas. <ref> [http://dom.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1025 Dominion News] Dominion Power Co., Sept. 1, 2011. </ref>
====[[North Branch Station]]====
In a December 2010 accord reached with the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Dominion volunteered to close its North Branch Power Station when the proposed [[natural gas]]-fired Warren County Power Station near Front Royal begins commercial operations, which is scheduled for late 2014 or early 2015. Emissions reductions credits from closing the station will be combined with various other offsets to be applied as the emission mitigation plan for the new power station. The agreement is conditioned upon the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board's approval of the air permit for the proposed station, other regulatory approvals and the construction and operation of the proposed station. The air board is expected to vote on Dominion's application for the Warren County air permit at its Dec. 17, 2010 meeting. The company anticipates seeking permission from the Virginia State Corporation Commission in 2011 to build the new power station.<ref name=prnw>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dominion-virginia-power-offers-to-close-coal-fired-station-in-accord-over-proposed-gas-fired-power-station-closing-would-help-regional-air-quality-111197529.html "Dominion Virginia Power Offers to Close Coal-Fired Station in Accord Over Proposed Gas-Fired Power Station; Closing Would Help Regional Air Quality"] PR Newswire, Dec. 3, 2010.</ref>
