J. K. Spruce Station

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} J.K. Spruce Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by CPS Energy, which is owned by the City of San Antonio, Texas. Pictured below are the Spruce, Deely, and Sommers plants, all of which belong to the City of San Antonio.

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Plant Data

• Owner: CPS Energy
• Parent Company: City of San Antonio, Texas
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 566 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 556 MW (1992)
• Location: 9599 Gardner Rd., San Antonio, TX 78263
• GPS Coordinates: 29.307203, -98.320198
• Coal Consumption:
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• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 4,560,392 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions:
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions:
• 2005 Mercury Emissions:

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.
• Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Texas and coal
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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