Huntington Power Plant

{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Huntington Power Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by MidAmerican Energy (which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway) near Huntington, Utah.

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Plant Data

• Owner: PacifiCorp
• Parent Company: MidAmerican Energy (owned by Berkshire Hathaway)
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 996 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: 498 MW (1974), 498 MW (1977)
• Location: Hwy. 31, Huntington, UT 84528
• GPS Coordinates: 39.378222, -111.079722
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source:
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 6,133,031 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 17,405 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 11,147 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 50 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.
• Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Utah and coal
• PacifiCorp
• MidAmerican Energy
• Berkshire Hathaway
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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