PASSIVE DUST CONTROL REDUCES HAZARDS OF PRB COALS

摘要

PPL Montana generates power at two coal-fired generating plants, the J.E. Corette and the Colstrip facilities. Both of the plants are near Billings, Mont. Capacity at Corette is 185 MW. Colstrip includes two 330 MW units and two 803 MW units. Units 1 and 2 began commercial operation in 1975 and 1976, and Units 3 and 4 began in 1984 and 1985. The Colstrip generating plant is the second largest coal-fired power plant west of the Mississippi. In addition, it is ranked as one of the lowest cost fuel plants in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). WECC is a regional member of the North American Electricity Reliability Council that includes all the western states and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia.