AEP Announces Coal-Fired Plant Shutdowns
- American Electric Power officially announced Thursday it will retire parts of 11 coal-fired plants, including one in the Tri-State area. Big Sandy Plant Unit 1, in Louisa, Kentucky, is on the list, which includes plants in Ohio, Virginia, Indiana and Texas. Two units of the Glen Lyn, West Virginia Plant, three units of Moundsville's Kammer Plant and two units of Glasgow's Kanawha River Plant also are on the list. AEP officially notified the Southwest Power Pool of its plans to retire more than 4,600 megawatts of power. AEP officials say the move is partially related to new environmental regulations coal-fired plants must meet.
