Capitol Power Plant

Address

25 E St SE
Washington, DC
20003
United States of America

Latitude: 38.88249

Longitude: -77.007658

Notes

used to provide steam heat to the Capitol complex; not used for electricity (yet)

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian		0.3%	0.4%	0.8%	0.7%
Asian	5.9%	5.8%	6.0%	5.7%	10.3%
Black	3.9%	31.6%	40.9%	37.0%	31.4%
Hispanic	5.4%	7.3%	9.6%	17.5%	17.4%
White	79.3%	50.2%	39.0%	35.5%	36.2%
	36.2%
Population	1,646	131k	490k	1,521k	3,835k
Income	$118k	$90k	$90k	$99k	$106k

LINK

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Sourcewatch profile, detailing history of the planned and abandoned switch to natural gas
Cooling Towers to be Removed at Capitol Power Plant 3/5/2012 article
Cogeneration Addition at the Capitol Power Plant "The current design calls for the installation of two 7.5 megawatt turbine generator sets and a single 1.7 megawatt steam turbine generator which will produce a total maximum of 16.7 megawatts of electricity."

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Unit #1
Unit Type: Burner: Boiler

Status History

Operating

1910

Fuels and Products

Unit #2
Unit Type: Burner: Turbine
Power 7.5 MW

Status History

Proposed

2009

Fuels and Products

Natural Gas

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Unit #3
Unit Type: Burner: Turbine
Power 7.5 MW

Status History

Proposed

2009

Fuels and Products

Natural Gas

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Unit #4
Unit Type: Burner: Turbine
Power 1.7 MW

Status History

Proposed

2009

Fuels and Products

Natural Gas

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