Darby Generating Station
| Darby Generating Station | |
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 Darby Generating Station viewed from the east along Adkins Road | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Darby Township, Pickaway County, near Mount Sterling, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39°42′44″N 83°10′38″W / 39.71222°N 83.17722°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Units 1–4: 2001 Units 5–6: 2002 |
| Owner(s) | Lightstone Generation LLC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 480 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Darby Generating Station is a 480 megawatt (MW), natural gas peaker plant located in Darby Township, Pickaway County near Mount Sterling, Ohio. The plant is currently owned by Lightstone Generation LLC, a 50-50 joint venture of The Blackstone Group and ArcLight Capital Partners. The plant has six units and began operations in 2001.
Background[edit]
The project was first announced in 1999 by Dayton Power & Light (DP&L) to address projected electricity shortages.[1] The first four units of Darby began operations in 2001 with Units 5 and 6 beginning the following year at a cost of $55 million.[2][3] The total cost of the project was estimated to be at $183 million.[4] The peaker plant is connected by a 345kV power line originating from the former J.M. Stuart Station located in Adams County, Ohio.[5] In 2007, DP&L sold Darby to American Electric Power (AEP) for $102 million.[6] AEP would later sell Darby as a part of $2.17 billion deal to The Blackstone Group and ArcLight Capital Partners in 2016.[7]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Notice Public Information Meeting August 18, 1999". Circleville Herald. August 13, 1999.
- ^ Rizer, Edward N. (May 15, 2001). "Case No. 99-0989-EL-BGN" (PDF). Ohio Public Utilities Commissions (PUCO). Retrieved July 31, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Schwanhausser, Dee (May 14, 2001). "DPL announces phase six of merchant generation expansion". POWERGrid International. Retrieved July 31, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Case No. 99-0989-EL-BGN" (PDF). September 5, 2000. p. 7. Retrieved August 1, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Feasibility / Impact Study Report: Queue #R15 Adkins 345 kV (Darby Generating Units) 9 MW (Increase in existing capacity)" (PDF). PJM Interconnection. March 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ^ "AEP to purchase Darby plant from DPL Energy". Power Engineering. November 29, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ^ "Joint venture buys three gas plants, one coal plant from AEP". POWERGrid International. September 14, 2016. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.