Country United States Phone +1 800-544-6900 | Status Retired (2015) Owner Dynegy | |
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Location Miami Township, Hamilton County, near North Bend, Ohio Commission date Coal unit 5: December, 1949
Coal unit 6: November, 1960
Coal unit 7: May, 1975
Coal unit 8: February, 1978
Oil unit GT3: July, 1971
Oil unit GT4: August, 1971
Oil unit GT5: September, 1971
Oil unit GT6: October, 1971 Primary fuel Bituminous coal,
distillate fuel oil Type Steam turbine (coal),
gas turbine (oil) Address 11021 Brower Rd, North Bend, OH 45052, USA Similar Beckjord Power Station, W H Sammis Power Pl, Tanner's Creek Generatin, East Bend Generating Station, Cayuga Generating Station | ||
The Miami Fort Generating Station, like another Ohio station (Beckjord Generating Station) is a dual-fuel power generating facility. It is a major coal-fired electrical power station, supplemented with a small oil-fired facility. Miami Fort is located two miles east of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, immediately north-east of the tripoint of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, on the Ohio territory. Miami Fort Station is named for the nearby Miami Fort (not to be confused with Fort Miami in the same state). Miami Fort Generating Station is one of the two coal power plants near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the other being Tanner's Creek Generating Station.
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Units and ownershipEdit
Dayton Power & Light owns the remaining share of ownership.
Environmental impactEdit
With its oldest unit dating back to late 1940s, the plant was ranked 36th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulphur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2006.