Intermountain Power Plant

Intermountain Power Plant
Aerial view of Intermountain Power Plant, Utah
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Location of the Intermountain Power Plant in Utah
CountryUnited States
LocationDelta, Utah
Coordinates39°30′27″N 112°34′49″W / 39.50750°N 112.58028°W / 39.50750; -112.58028
StatusOperational
Construction beganSeptember 1981
Commission dateJune 1986
Construction costUS$4.5 billion
OwnerIntermountain Power Agency
OperatorLos Angeles Department of Water and Power
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational2 X 950 MW
Make and modelGE
Babcock & Wilcox
Nameplate capacity1,900 MW
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Intermountain Power Plant is a large coal-fired power plant at Delta, Utah, US. It has an installed capacity of 1,900 MW, is owned by the Intermountain Power Agency, and is operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.[1][2][3][4] The plant includes a HVDC converter.[5] It is scheduled for replacement in 2025 with an 840 MW natural gas plant, designed to also burn "green hydrogen."

  1. ^ Broder, John M. (2011-06-13). "E.P.A. Delays Rule on Power Plant Emissions". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  2. ^ "Intermountain Generating Station". Power Engineering. Pennwell Corporation. 2002-08-01. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  3. ^ "About Us". Intermountain Power Agency. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  4. ^ "How will L.A. Replace three gas plants that Mayor Eric Garcetti plans to shut down?". Los Angeles Times. 12 February 2019.
  5. ^ Wu, C.T.; Shockley, P.R.; Engstrom, L. (1988). "The Intermountain Power Project 1600 MW HVDC transmission system". IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 3 (3): 1249–1256. doi:10.1109/61.193910. ISSN 0885-8977.