LG&E Mill Creek Power Station (Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky)

USA / Kentucky / West Point / Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
 power station, thermal power station
Louisville Gas & Electric
Mill Creek Station (coal-fired)

* Mill Creek Began commercial operation in 1972. The plant's net summer capacity of 1,470,000 kilowatts makes it LG&E's largest generating station.

* All units are fully scrubbed, meeting the Clean Air Act's Phase II standards for sulfur-dioxide emissions.

* LG&E's first generating station to utilize cooling towers. Mechanical-draft cooling towers are installed on 3 of its 4 units to protect the Ohio River's aquatic life.

* Burns 3.7 million tons of coal per year. Most coal was delivered in 100-ton railroad hopper cars until 1983, when the company's first permanent coal-barge unloading facility was constructed at the plant.

* Produces over 500,000 tons of gypsum, a scrubber by-product, per year for use in manufacture of wall board for home construction industry.
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Coordinates:   38°3'7"N   85°54'23"W

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