Oldest existing coal plants

{{#badges: Climate change |CoalSwarm}} The following is a sortable list of the oldest existing coal-fired power plants in the U.S., according to the Environment America report "America's Biggest Polluters: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants in 2007". To sort the list, click on the column header.

Rank	State	Plant Name	Date Plant Began Operation	Electricity (MWh) Produced in 2007
1	IN	Perry K Steam Plant	Aug, 1938	72,303
2	WI	Blount Street Station	Dec, 1938	2,031,208
3	IA	Sixth Street Generating Station	Apr, 1940	320,925
4	NC	Cliffside Plant (existing)	Jul, 1940	4,335,757
5	IA	Dubuque Generating Station	Jun, 1941	338,339
6	NC	Buck Steam Station	Jul, 1941	1,847,081
7	MN	High Bridge Generating Plant	Jan, 1942	939,089
8	IN	Harding Street Station	Apr, 1942	4,114,772
9	WI	Pulliam Power Plant	Jan, 1943	2,519,081
10	NY	AES Westover Generation Plant	Oct, 1943	495,603
11	OH	Burger Plant	Jan, 1944	1,297,406
12	WV	Rivesville Power Station	Jan, 1944	270,579
13	VA	Glen Lyn Plant	Jun, 1944	1,611,812
14	IN	Edwardsport Plant	Jul, 1944	254,354
15	NY	Huntley Generating Station	Jan, 1945	2,756,314
16	VA	Potomac River Generating Station	Oct, 1946	1,600,625
17	MD	R. Paul Smith Power Station	Jan, 1947	697,566
18	IL	Havana Power Station	Jul, 1947	3,460,179
19	KY	Tyrone Generating Station	Oct, 1947	428,764
20	IA	Lansing Power Station	Jan, 1948	1,723,743
21	PA	Mitchell Plant	Jan, 1948	952,495
22	IL	Meredosia Power Station	Jun, 1948	1,951,748
23	OH	Hutchings Station	Jul, 1948	691,412
24	MI	Cobb Generating Plant	Sep, 1948	2,338,616
25	NY	Russell Station	Dec, 1948	1,315,233
26	KS	Riverton Power Plant	Jan, 1949	671,689
27	MN	Riverside Generating Plant (Minnesota)	Jan, 1949	2,343,971
28	IN	Eagle Valley Station	Feb, 1949	1,576,882
29	AL	Gadsden Steam Plant	Apr, 1949	538,780
30	MI	Trenton Channel Power Plant	May, 1949	3,388,101
31	WI	Stoneman Generating Station	May, 1949	66,430
32	PA	Sunbury Steam Station	Aug, 1949	1,910,219
33	NC	Weatherspoon Plant	Sep, 1949	1,017,849
34	IL	Wood River Station	Nov, 1949	3,041,419
35	OH	Avon Lake Power Plant	Dec, 1949	3,078,474
36	OH	Miami Fort Station	Dec, 1949	7,399,485
37	NY	Dunkirk Steam Station	Jan, 1950	3,645,934

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External Links

• Courtney Abrams, "America's Biggest Polluters: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants in 2007," Environment America Research & Policy Center, November 2009.
• Ted Nace, "Meet the Boomers: What's the best way to phase out the huge fleet of aging coal plants?", Gristmill, November 11, 2008.
• "Innovations for Existing Power Plants," Department of Energy
• "Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the U.S. - 2006," Natural Resources Defense Council