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Perry K. Generating Station

Thermal power station in Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Summary

Thermal power station in Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Field	Value
name	Perry K. Generating Station
image	Citizens Energy Group Perry K. Generating Station 2014.jpg
image_caption	Perry K. Generating Station in 2014
country	United States
location	Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
coordinates
owner	Citizens Energy Group
status	O
th_fuel_primary	Natural Gas
th_technology	Steam turbine
ps_electrical_capacity	20 MWe
commissioned	Unit 4: January 1925
Unit 6: July 1938

Unit 6: July 1938

Perry K. Generating Station is a small multi-fired power station producing steam for one of the largest central district steam heating systems in the United States. The plant is located on the south side of Downtown Indianapolis, at the intersection of Kentucky Avenue and West Street. Its coal-fired units were among the oldest operating power plants in the United States at the time,{{cite web|title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006|publisher = Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy|year = 2006|url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html

History

19th century

In 1892–1893, the Indianapolis Light and Power Company, a predecessor of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company (IPL), constructed a generating plant on Kentucky Avenue near the intersection with West Street. The $300,000 plant, originally known as the "Kentucky Avenue Plant", had a capacity of 1,120 kilowatts. Its output was initially used for street and commercial lighting, but in 1905 the plant was modified to provide steam for the district heating of a number of downtown businesses.

20th century

In 1937, a plant expansion included the installation of 650 psig boilers and the use of pulverized coal. That same year the Kentucky Avenue plant and the nearby West plant at 744 West Washington Avenue were renamed as Sections K and W, respectively, of the Charles C. Perry Plant.

21st century

In 2000, IPL sold the district heating system and the Perry K plant to Citizens Gas and Coke Utility (later renamed as Citizens Energy Group).

References

"Last ever load of coal arrives at Downtown steam plant". IndyStar.
(2009). "District Heating and Cooling in Indianapolis - Past, Present and Future".

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