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==Citizen Groups==
 
==Citizen Groups==
*[http://www.stopthecoalplant.org/ Stop the Coal Plant].
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*[http://www.stopthecoalplant.org/ Stop the Coal Plant]
*Karen Hadden, [http://www.seedcoalition.org/ Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition], karen [at] seedcoalition.org.
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*[http://www.seedcoalition.org/ Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition], Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org
*[http://www.citizen.org/texas/Dereg/coalplants/ Texas Public Citizen], jcarraway [at] citizen.org.
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*[http://www.citizen.org/texas/Dereg/coalplants/ Texas Public Citizen], jcarraway [at] citizen.org
  
 
==Resources==
 
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* [http://tinyurl.com/37a5ue "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants "], National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 18. (PDF)
 
* [http://tinyurl.com/37a5ue "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants "], National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 18. (PDF)
 
* [http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
 
* [http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
* [http://www.luminant.com/ Luminant website].
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* [http://www.luminant.com/ Luminant website]
  
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Revision as of 21:29, 14 February 2008

{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Martin Lake 4 was planned to be built alongside three existing units in Tatum, Texas.[1]

As part of a $45 billion buyout by a group of private equity firms, TXU – now named Luminant – settled a series of lawsuits with Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council. In an agreement announced on Feb. 26, 2007, TXU agreed to cancel 8 of its planned 11 new Texas coal-fired power plants as well as several new coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania and Virginia, back federal legislation to create a cap-and-trade system regulating CO2 emissions, and double spending on energy efficiency. In return, Environmental Defense and NRDC agreed not to campaign against TXU’s remaining three Texas coal-fired plants.[2]

Martin Lake 4 was one of the 8 Texas plants that were cancelled under this agreement.

Project Details

Sponsor: Luminant (formerly TXU)
Location: Tatum, Rusk County, TX
Capacity: 858 MW
Status: Cancelled (2/07)

Financing

Citizen Groups

Resources

References

  1. Emissions from Recently Permitted and Proposed Coal Burning Power Plants, Stop the Coal Plant website, August 7, 2007.
  2. A Buyout Deal That Has Many Shades of Green, New York Times, February 26, 2007.

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