F. B. Culley Generating Station

American coal power plant in Indiana

37°54′33″N 87°19′30″W / 37.90917°N 87.32500°W / 37.90917; -87.32500StatusOperationalCommission dateUnit 1: 1955
Unit 2: December, 1966
Unit 3: June, 1973Decommission dateUnit 1: 2006
Unit 2: 2023 (planned)Owner(s)Vectren (formerly Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co.)Thermal power station Primary fuelBituminous coalTurbine technologySteam turbineCooling sourceOhio RiverPower generationNameplate capacity369 MW

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F. B. Culley Generating Station is a 369 megawatt (MW) coal power plant located southeast of Newburgh in Warrick County, Indiana. It sits on the north bank of Ohio River, immediately adjacent and upstream of the Warrick Power Plant, and is owned and operated by Vectren (formerly Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company).

History

F. B. Culley has two units still in service: a 104 MW Unit 2 (built in 1966) and a larger 265 MW Unit 3 (built in 1973).^[1] Unit 1 with 46 MW, began electricity generation in 1955. The unit closed in 2006 in order to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Interstate Rule.^[2] It was announced in February 2018 that F. B. Culley's Unit 2 will be shut down in 2023.^[3] It was announced in April 2023 that F. B. Culley's Unit 3 will be converted to natural gas by 2027. ^[4]

Environmental impact

In 1992, Vectren installed a flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) system on Units 2 and 3 to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions and satisfy the requirement of the EPA's Acid Rain Program.^[2] From 2001 to 2005, Vectren installed four selective catalytic reduction (SCR) devices on the coal-fired units, which successfully cut nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions by 80 percent. In 2006, a fabric filter was installed at Unit 3 to further reduce particulate matter emissions.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
^ ^a ^b "Vectren announce emissions compliance plan". Power Engineering. May 17, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
^ Martin, John (February 20, 2018). "Vectren: Natural gas plant, solar farm to join energy production". Courier-Press. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
^ "CenterPoint Energy expects to go coal-free by 2027 plan". WBOI. April 28, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.