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Independence Power Plant is a 1,678-megawatt coal-fired base load power plant near Newark, Arkansas. The plant has two units, rated at 850 MWe each, that came online in 1983 and 1984. The plant is owned in part by Entergy Arkansas. It has a 305-meter chimney built in 1983.
Read more on WikipediaThe Independence Steam Electric Station is a 1,800 MW coal-fired power plant located in Independence County, Arkansas. The plant began operating in 1983 and is owned and operated by Entergy Arkansas LLC. It consists of two conventional steam coal generators and utilizes subbituminous coal (SUB) as its primary fuel. The plant is the second-largest of five power plants in Arkansas and ranks tenth out of 75 similar plants nationally.
The Independence plant operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority and the SERC NERC region. In its latest year of reported generation, the plant produced 6,535,520 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 41.3%. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $140.98 per kW, based on FERC filings.
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