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<br />. <br /> <br />Thermoelectric Powerplant <br /> <br />Map Code - White 5 <br /> <br />Proj ect Name: Four Corners Powerplant <br /> <br />Company: Arizona Public Service Company <br />P.O. Box 355 <br />Fruitland, New Mexico 87416 <br /> <br />Cotmty: San Juan COlmty, New Mexico <br /> <br />Location: Fruitland, New Mexico <br />T. 29N., R. 15W. <br /> <br />Production Capacity: <br /> <br />Unit 1 <br />Unit 2 <br />Unit 3 <br />Uni t 4 <br />Uni t 5 <br /> <br />175,000 kW completed 1963 <br />177,000 kW completed 1963 <br />220,000 kW completed 1964 <br />800,000 kW completed 1969 <br />900,000 kW completed 1970 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Technology: Coal-fired, steam, electric generation <br /> <br />. .. <br /> <br />Resource Requirement: Water - 1,200,000 GPM cycled through cooling lakes <br />Water source - Morgan Lake/San Juan River/Navajo <br />Reservoir <br />Coal - 19,000 TPD 7 MTPY <br />Coal source - Navajo Mine adjacent to the plant <br />site <br /> <br />Current Status: Operational since 1963 <br /> <br />Comments: Coal for the powerplant comes from the Navajo Mine located <br />adjacent to the powerplant. The mine is operated by Utah <br />International and produces a high ash (22 percent), lo\v <br />sulfur (.68 percent) which has an average BTU content <br />of 8,600 BTUs per pound. Due to the high ash content of <br />the coal and the need for sulfur removal, the company is <br />spending large amounts of money on environmental controls. <br /> <br />The first three generating units are owned and operated by <br />Arizona Public Service Company (APS). APS also operated <br />Units 4 & 5, with ownership divided among six utilities as <br />follows. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Southern California Edison Company <br />APS <br />Public Service of New Mexico <br />Salt River Project <br />Tucson Electric Power Company <br />EI Paso Electric Company <br /> <br />48 percent <br />15 percent <br />13 percent <br />10 percent <br />7 percent <br />7 percent <br /> <br />Information Source: 9 <br /> <br />6 <br />