Big Stone is a coal-fired generating unit located near Big Stone City, SD, and is owned by three companies. Montana-Dakota Utilities owns 22.7 percent of the plant. The plant generates about 475 megawatts. Otter Tail Power Company is the plant's operator. Compliance data and information can be found on Otter Tail Power's website.Western received an application to interconnect the BigStone II Power Plant and Transmission Project into Western's transmission system. The Project entails the construction of a new 600-megawatt coal-fired electric power generating station adjacent to the existing Big Stone plant in Grant County, South Dakota.
Read MoreElectricity provider for residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.Lawsuit against Big Stone I. In June of 2008 the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against Otter Tail Power, the owner and operator of Big Stone Power Plant (Big Stone I), accusing the company of violating the Clean Air Act as the company failed to install modern pollution controls when the facility was upgraded. In the summer of 2009 the suit was ...
Read More♦Big Stone Plant designed to burn ND lignite – Low Btu, high sulfur – Load limiting (boiler fouling) – 20 year contract plus makeup tons ♦Western subituminous, August 1995 – Montana, Wyoming sources – Montana minimized beginning January, 2000BIG STONE PLANT The Big Stone Plant is located near Big Stone City, Grant County, South Dakota. The Plant is a joint venture owned by Northwestern Energy, Otter Tail Power Company and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Northwestern's ownership and share of the output of the plant is 23.4% or 106,142 KW (MAPP accreditation).Otter
Read MoreSince power plant use would be intermittent this might be acceptable. Modeling of the aquifer would be needed to estimate whether the drawdown and recovery potential are compatible with the power plant needs. 4. Veblen aquifer The Veblen aquifer is located in eastern Grant County and likely underlies the Big Stone plant, as shown on Figure 3.Big Stone Power Plant Big Stone Power Plant is a coal burning plant that is located about two miles from the city of the same name, which is on the border of South Dakota and Minnesota. It creates electricity for a wide area, including the two aforementioned states as well as North Dakota.
Read Moredefine big stone ii power plant. amendment no. 4 to participation agreement by and among central minnesota municipal power agency, great river energy, heartland consumers power district, montana-dakota utilities co., a division of mdu resources group, inc., otter tail corporation dba otter tail power company, southern minnesota municipal power agency, and western minnesota municipal power ...Big Stone II, as the project became known, seemed like one of an inevitable wave of new coal-fire power plants sweeping the nation. Mary Jo Stueve, Clean Water Action. organizer in South Dakota, wasn't buying it. Mary Jo turned on the full. power of grassroots and began organizing South Dakotans around the impacts of the.
Read MoreBig Stone Plant CCR data Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Rule Compliance Data and Information. This website is intended to satisfy the requirement under the CCR Rule (section 257.107) to maintain a publicly accessible internet site (CCR website) containing the information specified in that section.Power Company employees operate and maintain the plant. For more information Big Stone Plant 48450 144th Street Big Stone City, SD 57216 605-862-6300 Otter Tail Power Company 215 South Cascade Street Fergus Falls, MN 56537 218-739-8200 otpco 5/16 Key plant data Turbine 500,000 kilowatts 650,000 horsepower Generator 500,000 kilovolt-amperes ...
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