FGD and DeNOx
NEWSLETTER       

January 2010
No. 381

Progress Energy to Retire Power Plants Instead of Adding FGD

Progress Energy Carolinas said that all of its remaining coal-fired power plants in North Carolina without FGD will be retired by 2017. The plan includes 11 coal-fired units totaling 1485 MW. The plants scheduled for retirement are:

· The 600-MW L.V. Sutton Plant, with an expected retirement date in 2014.

· The 316-MW Cape Fear Plant, expected to shut down between 2013 and 2017.

· The 172-MW W.H. Weatherspoon Plant, and

· The 397-MW H.F. Lee Plant, expected to retire in 2013.

The company’s 174-MW Robinson Plant in South Carolina is not affected by the announcement.

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