Lake Side Power Station

Coordinates: 40°19′52″N 111°45′20″W / 40.3311°N 111.75558°W / 40.3311; -111.75558 Lake Side Power Station is a natural gas turbine power station at Vineyard, Utah, USA. It was built by Lake Side Power LLC. with Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation[1] and is operated by PacifiCorp which does business in Utah as Rocky Mountain Power.[2]

The north side of the plant

The station was completed in 2007 and has a daily average production of 545 megawatts of electricity. Twenty-two of the 70-acre (28 ha) site on which the plant is built were part the site of the Geneva Steel steel mill and meets government pollution regulatory requirements with emission offset credits purchased from Geneva Steel.[2][3] The plant and its steam plume are usually visible from Interstate 15 between the Orem/Lindon and Pleasant Grove exits near the northeastern corner of Utah Lake.

References

  1. "DIRECT TESTIMONY OF EARL GJELDE". The Public Service Commission of Utah. 2004-06-06. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  2. 1 2 "Vineyard power plant is nearly finished". Deseret Morning News. 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  3. "Approval Order" (PDF). Utah Department of Environmental Quality. 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-22.

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