$1 billion Riesel coal plant to go online after lawsuit, damage [View all]
The Sandy Creek coal power plant is being fired up sporadically for testing and is set to go online full-time in April, more than a year later than planned.
During the testing phase, the $1 billion plant is selling electricity into Texas’ power grid, but its contracts with wholesalers won’t go into effect until the plant is ready to run 24 hours a day, project officials said.
The plant’s boiler was badly damaged when it overheated during testing in late 2011, but that damage has now been repaired, said Mike Vogt, project manager for LS Power, which owns the plant.
In the meantime, the testing has given Riesel residents a preview of the plant’s operations. When it’s fired up, residents can see the smokestacks putting out billows of steam.
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