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American Public Power Association The Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment Raj Rao President, Indiana Municipal Power Agency Chairman, Prairie State Generating Company

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American Public Power Association. The Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment. Raj Rao President, Indiana Municipal Power Agency Chairman, Prairie State Generating Company. Campus Overview. Site Area: 700+ Acres Coal Fuel: Adjacent New Mine - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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American Public Power Association

The Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment

Raj RaoPresident, Indiana Municipal Power AgencyChairman, Prairie State Generating Company

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Campus Overview

• Site Area: 700+ Acres

• Coal Fuel: Adjacent New Mine

• Water Supply & Discharge: From the Kaskaskia River – 14 miles from the Site

• Waste Disposal: Rail Transport to Offsite Disposal Area and Limestone Delivery

• Transmission: Interconnect with Local Utility – Ameren 2 – 345 kV “Short” Lines at the Site 1 – 345 kV “Long Line” across the Mississippi River Other Transmission Upgrade Projects

• Base Target Completion Dates: Unit 1 – August 2011 Unit 2 – May 2012

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Prairie State Owners Serve More Than 2.5 Million People In Nine States

AMP-Ohio368 MW

Indiana Municipal Power200 MW

Missouri Joint MunicipalElectric Utility Commission

195 MW

Prairie Power, Inc.130 MW

Illinois Municipal Electric240 MW

Southern IllinoisPower Cooperative

125 MW

Northern Illinois MunicipalPower Agency 120 MW

Kentucky Municipal Power124 MW

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American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus

Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment

• Site Selection• Environmental Permits• Partners & Financing• EPC Contractor

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American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus

Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment

• Procurement• Construction• Safety, Cost and Schedule• Staffing

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American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus

Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment

• Construction– Bechtel EPC-M– Peabody-Mine– PSGC Staff

• Operations– Experienced Operator vs. Experienced

Staff (Hire)

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Coal Mine Overview Project participants own 200 Million tons of

coal (recoverable) for a dedicated source of fuel for the project– Mineral rights to coal are owned– Reserves located adjacent to the plant to the East, West and

North of the project– Adequate to supply project for 30 years at approximately 6.5

Million tons per year– Using continuous mining technology

American Public Power AssociationPrairie State Energy Campus

Challenge of Building a Coal Plant in Today’s Environment

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Slope

Basin

StockpileFuture Office

In the Beginning:

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Aerial of the Mine Slope

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Mine Slope – at Brow

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Power Plant Overview October 2007

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19 Months LaterFirst Unit 2 Structural

Steel

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Major Safety Milestone

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Power Plant Overview

2 x 800 MW Net Supercritical Units

Babcock & Wilcox Pulverized Coal Boilers

Toshiba Steam Turbine Generators

Siemens/Wheelabrator Air QualityControl System

Balance of Plant with: Cooling Towers Water Treatment Plant Single Shell, Dual Flue Chimney 14 mile Raw Water Pipeline 4 mile Railroad

General Contractor – Bechtel PowerCorporation

First ConcreteFeb. 2008

Completed Unit 1 Boiler Steel March

2009

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Construction - Project Quantities

• Concrete – approx. 165,000 cubic yards, enough concrete to fill more than 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools

• Structural and Miscellaneous Steel – approx. 42,000 tons, about half of the steel tonnage of Sears Tower

• Pipe (A/G and U/G) – approx. 120 miles, enough pipe to stretch from Lively Grove, IL to Springfield, IL

• Scheduled Cable – approx. 1,200 miles, enough cable to stretch from St. Louis, MO to El Paso, TX

Unit 1 Turbine Pedestal & Boiler

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Biggest Construction Project in the Country!

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PSGC Community OutreachPrairie State Project Poker Run

Sunday, October 5, 2008

137 individuals participated in this PSGC sponsored eventRaising $6,000 for the youth of Tilden

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