Big Stone

456 MW

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48450 144th Street
Big Stone City, SD
57216
United States of America

Latitude: 45.303652

Longitude: -96.510067

Notes

Big Stone II would be owned by Otter Tail, MDU, Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Heartland Consumers Power District, & Missouri River Energy Services. It would burn Powder River Basin coal Clean Water Action and Sierra Club were two of the main opposition groups to Big Stone II. Big Stone II was defeated when the SD air permit granted in the last days of the Bush administration was overturned because the permit did not reflect a plan to use the best available control technology (BACT).

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Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	5	10	25
American Indian	0.2%	0.3%	1.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%
Black	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic	3.0%	2.8%	5.9%	4.5%
White	93.5%	92.9%	90.1%	91.7%
	91.7%
Population	537	1,200	4,233	13k
Income	$60k			$61k

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GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Clean Water Action - Duluth		Interested
Sierra Club		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co	Owner	22.70%
NorthWestern Energy	Owner	23.40%
Otter Tail Power Co	Owner	53.90%

LINK

Link
EPA objects to Big Stone II air permit Jan 23, 2009
South Dakota: E.P.A. Objects to Coal-Powered Plant New York Times, Jan. 23, 2009
Midwest Coal Rush Sierra Club (MN Chapter)
Department of Energy PDF
Environmentalists Hail Pushback Of South Dakota Power Plant Jan 24, 2009
Big Stone II Coal Swarm

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Power	Type	Status	Fuel	Secondary Fuel(s)
456 MW		Operating	Subbituminous Coal	Tires	Agricultural Waste / Energy Crops
1 MW	Burner: Internal Combustion Engine - Simple Cycle	Backup	Oil
630 MW		Defeated

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