Just after 11 p.m. Monday night,
during a routine transfer of fuel oil at the W.C. Beckjord Station in New Richmond, Ohio,
approximately 5,000 gallons of fuel were inadvertently discharged into
the Ohio River. Duke Energy owns and operates the majority of the facility.
Local, state and
environmental agencies, along with the Coast Guard were promptly
notified. Northern Kentucky Water District and Greater Cincinnati Water
Works also were notified to take appropriate action.
"We notified state and local
authorities of the incident and have been working with them throughout
the overnight hours," said Chuck Whitlock, Duke Energy president of
Midwest Commercial Generation and vice president of gas operations. "We
have cleanup crews on site that are identifying the appropriate actions
that will be needed to remediate."
Duke
Energy owns 100 percent of units 1 through 5 (units 1 through 4 have
already been retired), and 37.5 percent of unit 6. Dayton Power &
Light owns 50 percent of unit 6 and American Electric Power owns 12.5
percent. The station also has four combustion turbine generating units
which burn #2 fuel oil. The combustion turbine generating units are
primarily used for generating electric during periods of high demand or
emergency situations.
The station is dispatched into PJM. Duke Energy Ohio anticipates it will retire all six coal-fired units by Jan. 1, 2015.
Source: press release
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