Tanner's Creek Generating Station
Electrical power plant in Indiana, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tanner's Creek Generating Station (also spelled Tanners Creek) was a major, 1000-MWe coal-fired electrical power plant in Indiana.[1] Located on the north bank of Ohio River along Tanners Creek, it was one of the two coal-fired power stations within 3 miles (5 km) of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near the tripoint of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky (the other plant being the Miami Fort Power Station in the neighboring Ohio). The former plant is situated directly across the Ohio river from Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky. Tanner's Creek was one of the two Indiana coal power plants owned by Indiana Michigan Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power (the other plant being Rockport Generating Station near Rockport, Indiana).
Tanner's Creek Generating Station | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Lawrenceburg, Indiana |
Coordinates | 39°04′53″N 84°51′39″W |
Status | Decommissioned |
Commission date | Unit 1: March, 1951 Unit 2: November, 1952 Unit 3: December, 1954 Unit 4: July, 1964 |
Decommission date | May 31, 2015 |
Owner(s) | AES |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Bituminous coal |
Cooling source | Ohio River |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 995 MWe |
On March 17, 2015, Indiana Michigan Power announced that the Tanners Creek plant would be completely shut down by May 31, 2015. The former plant was sold to St. Louis–based Commercial Development Company in October 2016. The Port of Indiana commission is studying converting the former plant into the state's fourth port.[2]