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Morgantown Generating Plant

Morgantown Generating Plant

Power Points

  • Location: Washington, D.C. area in Charles County, Maryland on the Potomac River
  • Capacity: 1,492 megawatts; capable of operating at base load, intermediate, and peak demand levels
  • Equivalent number of homes served: 1,492,000
  • Fuel: Coal, oil, steam
  • Mirant's Piney Point Oil Pipeline: spans 51.5 miles and serves Mirant's nearby Morgantown and Chalk Point generating plants
  • Customers: Output is sold into the PJM energy market
  • Began service: 1970; Mirant acquired in 2000
  • Number of employees: 177
  • Contact: Hula Edmonds, plant manager
    301 843 4521

Awards/Recognition

Wildlife Habitat Council certification for contributions to wildlife habitat conservation

EPA's Emergency Preparedness & Prevention Partnership Award (2002 & 2005) for significant efforts towards emergency preparedness, prevention and response programs

Mirant's Morgantown generating plant was ranked as the best coal-fired plant in terms of heat-rate efficiency in the United States in Electric Power & Light magazine's 2004 survey of power plants.

The employees of Morgantown have a fervent respect for their closest neighbor, the 380-mile Potomac River, and it shows in their work both inside and outside the plant.

initiative, employees are meeting that challenge. For example, Morgantown Station voluntarily installed electrostatic precipitators, nearly eradicating flyash with a 99.5% reduction. The plant also collects and treats runoff and wastewater, protecting the Potomac River from contamination.

The facility faces a delicate challenge: to help provide for the power requirements of five million electricity consumers, while minimizing impact on the surrounding watershed. But through a combination of technological enhancements and good old-fashioned grassroots

Environmental Highlights

  • Selective catalytic reduction system (SCR) to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and mercury levels. Installation to be complete in May 2008.
  • Emissions-reducing scrubbers to be installed beginning in 2007.
  • Boilers equipped with low-NOx burners with separated over-fire air; retrofits installed in 1994-1995.
  • Stack monitoring equipment for opacity, carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), SO2, and NOx.
  • Morgantown is ISO 14001:2004 certified, which means it meets a widely accepted international standard for environmentally responsible operation. At present there are fewer than 5,000 such certifications in the United States.
  • River water circulation: 1,000,000 gallons/minute.
  • Discharge canal to cool water from condenser and properly mix discharge with river water.
  • All plant discharge points monitored for contaminants.
  • All fuel tanks and equipment surrounded by dikes, concrete spillways, and hydrocarbon detectors.
  • Coal pile liner installed to protect against groundwater contamination.

Community Outreach

Making a House a Home

Employees from Chalk Point, Morgantown and the Piney Point Pipeline amassed a houseful of furniture for a needy family with two special needs children. Employees donated what they had on hand and rallied support from a local church for more contributions. The home was constructed by the state of Maryland for a single father and his four children.

Wildlife Adventure Day

During Memorial Day Weekend, Morgantown employees team up with their Chalk Point and Piney Point Pipeline colleagues to host Wildlife Adventure Day. The annual event teaches youth about environmental conservation practices, and features demonstrations from local wildlife experts.

Lower Potomac Tributary Team Wade In

Morgantown employees were up to their knees in choppy river water, as they took part in the 8th annual Lower Potomac Tributary Team Wade In. For the past several years Morgantown has hosted the event, also known as the Sneaker Index, where participants wade into the river and measure the point at which they can no longer see their white sneakers.

Charitable Donations

  • Brandywine Elementary School
  • Clean Air Partners
  • Excellence in Education Foundation
  • Foundation for Public School Children
  • National Wild Turkey Foundation
  • Quail Unlimited

Other Outreach Activities

  • Bowl For Kids' Sake
  • Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southern Maryland
  • La Plata High School Science Fair
  • Potomac River Shoreline Cleanup/Alice Ferguson Foundation
  • Thanksgiving Food Drive
  • Toys for Tots Program for the Children's Aid Society
  • United Way Day of Caring/Spring Dell Center

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