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| − | {{Show badges| CoalSwarm|Navbar-CoalPlants}} '''R. Paul Smith Power Station''' is a power station owned and operated by the investor-owned electricity utility [[Allegheny Energy]]. | + | {{Moved to GEM}} |
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| − | The power station has an installed capacity of 116 megawatts and is located in Williamsport, Maryland.<ref>Allegheny Energy, [http://www.alleghenyenergysupply.com/GenFacilities.asp "Generating Facilities"], Allegheny Energy website, accessed June 2008.</ref>
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| − | On January 26, 2012, [[FirstEnergy]] said it is permanently closing six of its coal plants by September 1, 2012: [[Bay Shore Plant]], Units 2-4, in Oregon, Ohio; [[Eastlake Power Plant]] in Eastlake, Ohio; [[Ashtabula Plant]] in Ashtabula, Ohio; [[Lake Shore Plant]] in Cleveland, Ohio; [[Armstrong Power Station]] in Adrian, Pennsylvania; and the [[R. Paul Smith Power Station]] in Williamsport, Maryland. The plants had served mostly as peaking or intermediate facilities.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/firstenergy-citing-impact-of-environmental-regulations-will-retire-six-coal-fired-power-plants-138115263.html "FirstEnergy, Citing Impact of Environmental Regulations, Will Retire Six Coal-Fired Power Plants"] PR Newswire, Jan. 26, 2012.</ref>
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| − | ==Plant Data==
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| − | *'''Owner''': [[Allegheny Energy Supply Company]] LLC
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| − | *'''Parent Company''': [[Allegheny Energy]]
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| − | *'''Plant Nameplate Capacity''': 110 MW (Megawatts)
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| − | *'''Units and In-Service Dates''': 35 MW (1947), 75 MW (1958)
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| − | *'''Location''': Lockwood Rd., Williamsport, MD 21795
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| − | *'''GPS Coordinates''': 39.595278, -77.827222
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| − | *'''Coal Consumption''':
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| − | ==Emissions Data==
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| − | *'''2006 CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions''': 754,854 tons
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| − | *'''2006 SO<sub>2</sub> Emissions''':
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| − | *'''2005 Mercury Emissions''':
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| − | ==Coal Waste Sites==
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| − | *[[R. Paul Smith Power Station Lagoon Dam Number 3]]
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| − | *[[R. Paul Smith Power Station Lagoon Dam Number 4]]
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| − | ==Articles and Resources==
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| − | ===Sources===
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| − | *[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat2p2.html Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005], Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
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| − | *Environmental Integrity Project, [http://www.dirtykilowatts.org/Dirty_Kilowatts2007.pdf "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants"], July 2007.
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| − | *[http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/fii_query_java.html Facility Registry System], U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
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| − | *[http://carma.org/dig Carbon Monitoring for Action database], accessed Feb. 2009.
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| − | ===Related SourceWatch Articles===
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| − | *[[Existing U.S. Coal Plants]]
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| − | *[[Maryland and coal]]
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| − | *[[Allegheny Energy]]
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| − | *[[United States and coal]]
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| − | *[[Global warming]]
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