Yates Steam Generating Plant

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Yates Steam Electric Generating Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Southern Company near Newnan, Georgia.

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Plant Data

• Owner: Georgia Power Company
• Parent Company: Southern Company
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 1,487 MW
• Units and In-Service Dates: 123 MW (1950), 123 MW (1950), 123 MW (1952), 156 MW (1957), 156 MW (1958), 404 MW (1974), 404 MW (1974)
• Location: 708 Dyer Rd., Newnan, GA 30263
• GPS Coordinates: 33.462389, -84.89861
• Coal Consumption:
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• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 7,496,074 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 75,476 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 12,206 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 398 lb.

Articles and Resources

Sources

• Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
• Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Georgia and coal
• Southern Company
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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