Fort Churchill Generating Station

Fort Churchill Generating Station is a 226 megawatt plant on 000 acres (0 ha) located in the Wabuska, Nevada owned by Nevada Power. The plant consists of 2 units and first went into service in 1968. The plant is capable of limited operations using fuel oil on a temporary basis.^[1] It is located in Lyon County, north of Yerington.

Units

1 113 kW gas-fired (1968), Babcock & Wilcox boiler with General Electric generator^[1]
1 113 kW gas-fired (1971), Babcock & Wilcox boiler with General Electric generator^[1]

Awards

In 2010, the plant was recognized by the Edison Electric Institute for operating over 23 years without a lost time accident.^[2]

Notes

1 2 3 "Our Power Supply". NV Energy. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
↑ "Fort Churchill Generating Station Receives National Safety Award" (Press release). Reno, Nevada: Market Wire. April 20, 2010. Retrieved 2013-01-08.

Energy resource facilities in Nevada

Coal fired	Mohave North Valmy Reid Gardner

Gas fired	Chuck Lenzie Edward W. Clark Fort Churchill Frank A. Tracy Harry Allen Silverhawk Toquop Walter M. Higgins

Geothermal	Beowawe Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 Brady Hot Springs Clayton Valley 1 Desert Peak Dixie Valley Galena 2 Galena 3 Homestretch Jersey Valley McGinnis Hills North Valley Pumpernickel Richard Burdette San Emidio Soda Lake Steamboat Hills Steamboat Springs Stillwater Tuscarora Wabuska

Hydroelectric	Davis Dam Hoover Dam

Solar	Apex Boulder Copper Mountain Crescent Dunes Edward W. Clark El Dorado Mountain View Nellis Nevada Solar One Silver State North Silver State South Stillwater Toquop

Wind	Spring Valley Wind Farm

Natural gas pipelines	Kern River Pipeline Ruby Pipeline

Petroleum pipelines	Calnev Pipeline Unev pipeline

Transmission lines	One Nevada Path 27 Path 46 Path 62 Path 64

Substations	Marketplace substation Mead substation

Other	Goodsprings Waste Heat Recovery Station

Coordinates: 39°07′41″N 119°07′56″W / 39.12806°N 119.13222°W / 39.12806; -119.13222

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