Coffeen Power Station was a 915 megawatt (MW) coal power plant located south of Coffeen, Illinois, near Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area in Montgomery County, Illinois. The plant was owned by Vistra Energy. Coffeen began operations in 1965 and was shut down on November 1, 2019.[1]
History
The plant had two units: Unit 1 began operation in 1965 and Unit 2 began operation in 1972.[2] Initially, coal was delivered via conveyor belt from a nearby coal mine.[3] Formerly, the plant had low-sulfur coal delivered from the Powder River Basin.[4] The plant was cooled by Coffeen Lake which was built to support the power plant in mind.[5]