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The Robert W. Scherer Power Plant (also known as Plant Scherer) is a coal-fired power plant in Juliette, Georgia, just north of Macon, Georgia, in the United States.The plant has four generating units, each capable of producing 930 megawatts, and is the most powerful coal-fired plant in North America.
Disposal plans at Scherer. Meanwhile, Plant Scherer could go completely offline over the decade — and Georgia Power has no public plans to remove the coal ash from the unlined pond in which it ...
In hearings before the state Public Service Commission, utility company Georgia Power is seeking approval to delay the retirement of Plant Scherer beyond its planned closure date of 2028.
At Plant Hammond near Rome, Georgia Power was given a cap in place permit like the one it wants at Plant Scherer. The pond there is closed, leaving about 10% of the Hammond coal ash in the aquifer ...
Juliette is also home to Plant Scherer, one of the nation's largest power generation facilities. On February 14 of each year, the town of Juliette offers a special dual postmark with the village of Romeo, Michigan. This tradition began in 1994, as a nod to the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. [8]
Four power plants in the Ocmulgee basin that use the river's water, including the coal-fired Plant Scherer in Juliette, operated by the Georgia Power Company. [5] Plant Scherer is the seventh-largest power plant in the United States by capacity (based on 2016 data), and the largest to be fueled exclusively by coal.
The company’s plans to cap coal ash in place likely violate a 2015 EPA rule, which could result in a more expensive cleanup that ultimately ends up costing ratepayers.
It owns 17.7% of Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant and 22.7% of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant; [4] 15.1% of the coal-fired Plant Scherer; and one combined-cycle gas-fired unit of Hal B. Wansley Power Plant. It also provides transmission of hydropower from dams operated by the Southeastern Power Administration. [5]