Bailly Generating Station
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The Bailly Generating Station was a 604 megawatt (
MW) coal power plant located in Burns Harbor, Indiana, on the shore of Lake Michigan adjacent to the Port of Indiana. The plant, which began operation in 1962[1] and tripled its capacity in 1968, is owned and operated by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), an electric-utility operating division of the energy holding company NiSource.[1]
The plant ceased coal-fired electrical generation on May 31, 2018.
History
The Bailly Station is named in honor of
state of Indiana and the United States Congress
in the early 1960s, that the Dunes-Lake Michigan shoreline should be shared between environmental preservation and heavy industry.
Since January 2011, Bailly has operated under the terms of a legal settlement between NIPSCO and the
sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide
(NOx).
Closure of coal units
Citing growing environmental and regulatory burdens, NIPSCO announced plans in August 2016 to shut down the Bailly Generating Plant.peaker plant.[4]
See also
- Bailly Nuclear Power Plant (cancelled in 1981 prior to construction)
References
- ^ a b c d "Northern Indiana Public Service Company Bailly Generating Station". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ^ Benman, Keith (August 25, 2016). "NIPSCO looks at closing one coal-fired power plant, part of another". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ^ Benman, Keith (December 18, 2016). "NIPSCO will close Bailly power plant May 31, 2018". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ Steele, Andrew (May 31, 2018). "Bailly Generating Station's coal-fired units to be retired". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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