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The power plant is connected to the electric transmission grid by 765-kilovolt transmission lines. In 2002, to avoid lawsuits relating to air pollution in the village of Cheshire, the American Electric Power (AEP) corporation decided to buy out the village, by paying every homeowner 3.5 times the market value of their home to move. The total ...
By 2000, the village was plagued by toxic sulfurous gas clouds and acid rain from the nearby coal-fired Gavin Power Plant.Residents hired lawyers requesting a buyout. The plant's owner, American Electric Power (AEP), investigated the claims and found that no long-term injuries/illnesses resulted from the cloud but decided it could use the land to expand plant property for future technologies.
AEP also bought much of the town of Cheshire, Ohio, where the Gavin Power Plant is located, due to pollution issues. [19] In 2004, AEP announced their plans to build one, or more, integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal-fired power plant which is expected to reduce emissions while providing additional electricity capacity to the ...
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In 1975, American Electric Power completed the 2,600-megawatt General James M. Gavin Power Plant on the Ohio River, near Cheshire, Ohio. The plant boasts dual stacks of 830 feet and dual cooling towers of 430 feet. It is the largest coal-fired power facility in Ohio, and one of the largest in the nation. [citation needed]
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Cardinal Power Plant: Brilliant: 1800: Buckeye Power: Coal (3 units) Unit 3 to be shut down in 2028, lowering generation capacity to 1180MW. [9] Gavin Power Plant: Cheshire: 2640: Gavin Power, LLC: Coal (2 units) [10] Only runs 60% of the time. Up to 50% of Gavin’s cash flow comes from being on standby for emergency power. [11] Kyger Creek ...
The governor’s proposal faced formidable opposition from Wall Street-backed utilities and their workers.