Mount Storm Power Station

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Mount Storm Generating Station
Aerial view of the Mount Storm Generating Station and its artificial lake
Country	United States
Location	Grant County, near Bismarck, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°12′03″N 79°15′46″W / 39.20083°N 79.26278°W / 39.20083; -79.26278
Status	Operational
Commission date	Unit 1: September, 1965 Unit 2: June, 1966 Unit 3: December, 1973
Owner	Dominion
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal Synfuel
Turbine technology	Steam turbine
Cooling source	Mount Storm Lake
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,600 MWe
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The Mount Storm Generating Station, located on the west bank of Mount Storm Lake 2 miles (3 km) from Bismarck, West Virginia, United States, is a coal-fired power station owned by Dominion Resources. The facility's three units use around 15,000 ^[1] tons of coal per day to generate more than 1,600^[1] megawatts of electricity from the coal synfuel for around 2 million people in Northern Virginia.