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Luminant also owns and operated three of the five largest coal mines (by production) in Texas: the Beckville Strip, the Three Oaks Mine, and the Oak Hill Strip. The Beckville Mine was mined out in fall 2015 and the three drag lines were moved to other mines. It is now closed. The Oak Hill Mine closed in December 2016 laying off 77 miners.
With the plant idling, Luminant halted lignite extraction at the nearby Turlington Mine until the plant resumed electricity generation. [10] Claiming lignite reserves were nearly exhausted at Turlington Mine, Luminant made plans in 2014 to close the mine by 2018 and rely solely on coal from the Powder River Basin. [11]
Later the plant received rail shipments of coal solely from Peabody Energy's Rawhide Mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. [2] [3] The plant was cooled by Lake Monticello, which also offers fishing and recreational facilities. The plant was owned by Luminant, a division of Energy Future Holdings. [4] It was operated by Vistra Energy. [5]
One person was killed when a boiler exploded at a southeastern Texas power plant Wednesday morning, according to a spokesperson for Dallas-based Luminant. “A contractor was fatally injured” in ...
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Martin Lake receives its energy from nearby lignite mines and coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. [2] Martin Lake used to receive lignite from the Oak Hill and Beckville Mines in nearby Rusk and Panola Counties until their closures. [10] One of Martin Lake's units was idled in September 2013 due to low electricity prices. [11]
A mining company that runs multiple mines in Harlan and Letcher counties in recent weeks warned 258 employees of a possible mass lay off. INMET Mining, the company which owned the mines ...
Transmission of electricity to the nearby aluminum smelter stopped in 2008 when Alcoa ceased smelting operations at its Rockdale facility and accused Luminant of power supply issues. [8] It was announced on October 13, 2017 that Luminant would shut down Sandow Power Plant in early-2018 due to economic factors such as low natural gas prices and ...