Spruce Unit 2

{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} J.K. Spruce Station Unit 2 is a 878.0-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned and operated by the CPS Energy, which is owned by the City Public Service Board of San Antonio near San Antonio, Texas. The unit is an addition to its Calaveras Lake based J. K. Spruce Station.

Location

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Plant Data

• Owner: CPS Energy
• Parent Company: City of San Antonio, Texas
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 878.0 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 2: 878.0 MW (2010)
• Location: 9599 Gardner Rd., San Antonio, TX 78263
• GPS Coordinates: 29.307203, -98.320198
• Technology: Subcritical
• Coal type: sub-bituminous
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source: Powder River Basin Coal
• Number of Employees:
• Unit Retirements:

Problems after commissioning

The Sierra Club reported in October 2010 that CPS Energy "postponed restarting its recently completed Spruce 2 coal-fired power plant, due to problems with the transformer that provides power to nearby substations via high-voltage power lines. The coal plant, which ran at full power all summer, was taken off-line in early September for more detailed inspections of the transformer and other systems. Officials expected to bring the plant back online this month, but it will remain down while the transformer is repaired or replaced."

Citizen Groups

• Stop the Coal Plant
• Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition, Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org

Resources

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Coal plant litigation
• Texas and coal
• United States and coal
• Carbon Capture and Storage
• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled)
• Coal plants cancelled in 2007
• Coal plants cancelled in 2008
• State-by-state guide to information on coal in the United States (or click on the map)

External links

• "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants ", National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 20. (PDF)
• "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
• City Public Service Board website