Flint Creek Power Plant

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Flint Creek Power Plant
Flint Creek Power Plant
CountryUSA
Location Round Prairie Township, Benton County, near Gentry, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°15′20″N94°31′22″W / 36.25556°N 94.52278°W / 36.25556; -94.52278 Coordinates: 36°15′20″N94°31′22″W / 36.25556°N 94.52278°W / 36.25556; -94.52278
StatusOperational
Commission date 1978
Owner(s)50% SWEPCO/AEP and 50% Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Powder River Basin Coal
Cooling sourceLittle Flint Creek Reservoir
Power generation
Units operational1
Nameplate capacity 528 MW

Flint Creek Power Plant is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located west of Gentry, Arkansas in Benton County, Arkansas.

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The lone unit uses coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via Kansas City Southern Railway. The output is owned jointly half and half by SWEPCO/AEP and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. [1]

As part of the project, SWEPCO constructed a 100’ high dam on Little Flint Creek to create a reservoir to provide cooling water to the plant. [2] The reservoir, known as Lake Flint Creek or SWEPCO Lake, provides fishing opportunities and is open to the public. [3]

Units

UnitCapacityCommissioningNotes
1528 MW (Coal) [4] 1978

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References

  1. "Flint Creek Power Plant". Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  2. "Flint Creek Power Plant". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  3. "AGFC powers up SWEPCO Lake with massive fish habitat project". Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-14.