PLANT STATUS
After more than 34 years of service, Mohave ceased operations on Dec. 31, 2005, consistent with the provisions of an agreement reached six years ago with several environmental groups. The agreement called for the installation of additional pollution control equipment, had new coal and water agreements been achieved, or discontinue operations.Â
TIMELINE
On June 19, 2006, we announced the end of our company’s involvement in efforts to return Mohave to service. The four owners have since been evaluating the options regarding Mohave’s future which include finding new owners or decommissioning the plant.
In Sept. 2006 one of the co-owners, the Salt River Project (SRP), announced plans to attempt to assemble a new ownership group that would restart Mohave. In Feb. 2007, SRP announced they were discontinuing that effort.
During 2006, Mohave employees placed the plant in “lay-up� condition, preserving this valuable asset should it be called on in the future. As that work was completed, a staffing reduction occurred from 333 employees to the current level of 65.
Generating Capacity – Mohave can generate 1,580 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to serve more than one million average Southern California homes.
OWNERS
- Southern California Edison Company (operator), 56% (885 MW)
- Salt River Project, 20% (316 MW)
- Nevada Power Company, 14% (221 MW)
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 10% (158 MW)
ABOUT THE PLANT
 The Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin, Nevada, made a significant contribution to the power supply of Southern California and the Southwest from 1971 until its closure. The mining and processing of the low-sulfur coal that fuels the Mohave plant has contributed substantially to the economies of the the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona. The coal was mixed with water and delivered to the Mohave plant via a 275-mile pipeline -- the only pipeline coal delivery system in the world.
The plant is located about 90 miles southeast of Las Vegas, near the common border of California, Nevada and Arizona.
It consists of two 790-MW generating units that, together, could produce enough power to energize about 1.5 million homes.
Mohave obtained all of its coal supply from the Black Mesa coal mine, which is located in northeast Arizona, approximately 275 miles from the plant. The mine was operated by Peabody Western Coal Company, on lands belonging to the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe.
The mine delivered the coal to Mohave by means of a coal slurry pipeline. The operation required water to mix with pulverized coal in order to produce the coal slurry and uses groundwater from local wells for this purpose. |
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