Clifty Creek Power Plant is a 1,300-
MW coal-fired
power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
Many ...
located in
Madison, Indiana
Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2010 United States Census its population was 11,967. Over 55,000 people live within of downtown Madison. Madison is the larges ...
. Clifty Creek is operated by the
Indiana Kentucky Electric Corporation. It is named after Clifty Creek, which enters the Ohio River nearby.
Background
Five of its six identical units began operating in 1955; the sixth unit was launched in 1956.
Its six units supplied electricity for the
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in
Piketon, Ohio
Piketon is a village in Pike County in the U.S. state of Ohio, along the Scioto River. The village is best known for the uranium enrichment plant located there, which is one of only three such plants in the United States. The population was 2,11 ...
along with its sister plant,
Kyger Creek Power Plant
Kyger Creek Power Plant is a 1.08-gigawatt, 1,086 ( MW) coal-fired power station located south of Cheshire, Ohio in Gallia County, Ohio. It is operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC).
History
The Kyger Creek was launched into se ...
in Gallia County, Ohio. It has two of the List of chimneys, tallest chimneys in the world, at , with another recently completed dual-flue chimney that stands at around .
Pollution control systems were installed at Clifty Creek in 2001 to reduce nitrogen oxide () emissions by 80%. With all of its units dating back to mid-1950s, the plant ranked 73rd on the Coal power in the United States#Sulfur dioxide emissions, United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulfur dioxide () emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2013. However, with the addition of two jet bubbling reactor flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in 2013, 98% of sulfur dioxide is now removed.
The facility does not adequately prevent groundwater pollution from its coal ash, and for that reason, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed denying its permit to continue operation. For this reason, the plant faces closure.
Transmission Lines
The plant is connected to the power grid by 6 345-kv lines and 3 138-kv lines. 1 345-kv line goes to the Trimble County Power Plant, which is an interconnection with Louisville Gas & Electric. 1 short 345-kv line connects with the nearby American Electric Power Jefferson 765-kv Station. Finally, 2 double-circuit 345 lines connect with the Pierce Substation in Ohio; on the way, one of the 2 double-circuit lines connects with the AEP and Duke 345-kv network near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, via the Dearborn substation.
See also
* List of power stations in Indiana
* Clifty Falls State Park
References
External links
Chimney DiagramAerial view of the surrounding area
{{Generating Stations in Indiana
Energy infrastructure completed in 1955
Energy infrastructure completed in 1956
Towers completed in 1955
Chimneys in the United States
Coal-fired power stations in Indiana
Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Indiana
1955 establishments in Indiana