Tanner's Creek Generating Station (also spelled Tanners Creek) is a major, 1000-MWe

MWE

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 coal-fired electrical power plant in Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. Located on the north bank of Ohio River

Ohio River

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, it is one of the two coal-fired power stations within 3 miles (4.8 km) of Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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, near the tripoint

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 of Indiana, Ohio

Ohio

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, and Kentucky

Kentucky

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 (the other plant being the Miami Fort Power Station

Miami Fort Power Station

The Miami Fort Generating Station, like another Ohio station is a dual-fuel power generating facility. It is a major coal-fired electrical power station, supplemented with a small oil-fired facility. Miami Fort is located two miles east of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, immediately north-east of the...

 in the neighboring Ohio). The plant is situated directly across the Ohio river from Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky. Tanner's Creek is one of the two Indiana coal power plants owned by Indiana Michigan Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power

American Electric Power

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 (the other plant being Rockport Generating Station

Rockport Power Plant

Rockport Generating Station, located just off the new U.S. 231 Route just North of the Natcher Bridge near Rockport, Indiana, in the United States, is a 2.6-GW power plant with one of the tallest smokestacks in the world...

 near Rockport, Indiana

Rockport, Indiana

Rockport is a city in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,160 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Spencer County.-History:...

).

Units

Units 1 and 2, rated at 145 MWe

MWE

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 all-year capacity, were launched in 1951–1952.

Unit 3, rated at 200 MWe (summer) and 205 MWe (winter) capacity, was launched in the end of 1954.

The largest and newest Unit 4, rated at 500 MWe all-year capacity, was launched in mid-1964.

Environmental impact

With three out of four of its units dating back to the 1950s, the plant was ranked 67^th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulphur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2006.

External links

• http://www.indianamichiganpower.com/about/serviceTerritory