4520 East South St.
Hastings, NE
68902
United States of America
Latitude: 40.580872
Longitude: -98.312437
Addition of one 220 MW (2,210.5 MMBTU/hr) pulverized coal dry bottom boiler, 74 MMBTU/hr auxiliary boiler, diesel-fired 800 kW emergency generator, 50 hp diesel-fire fire pump : see http://www.nmppenergy.org/hastingsengineers.htm
MEAN joined together with four other public power entities to form the Public Power Generation Agency (PPGA), a non-profit governmental entity formed under the Nebraska Interlocal Cooperation Act. PPGA will develop, construct and operate Whelan Energy Center 2 (WEC2), a 220 MW coal-fired generating unit. WEC 2 will be built adjacent to the existing 77 MW WEC 1 unit near Hastings, Nebraska. The anticipated commercial operation date of WEC 2 is 2011.