FAYETTE POWER PLANT RANKED 14TH DIRTIEST IN THE NATION
A recent report named the Fayette Power Project or FPP the 14th “dirtiest” power plant in the nation based on carbon dioxide emissions.
The report comes from Matt Hope of Find Energy LLC and was based on 2020 data from the United States Energy Information Administration. The report says that FPP generated more than 8 million megawatt hours of electricity in 2020 while emitting 9 billion kilograms of CO2.
The report puts the coal-power FPP among the one percent of the more than 10,000 power plants that generated 42 percent of the CO2 emissions from electric production.
FPP is jointly owned by the Lower Colorado River Authority and Austin Energy. The plant is located on SH 71 between La Grange and Ellinger. A statement from the Lower Colorado River Authority says that FPP is meeting all of the applicable environmental and federal rules and regulations. They also stated they have no plans to convert the plant to another fuel source.
Austin Energy was set to cease its portion of FPP at the end of 2021 but said in November of 2021 that negotiations had stalled but that they plan to continue the negotiations with the Lower Colorado River Authority.