Herbert Wagner Generating Station

From Global Energy Monitor

Herbert Wagner Generating Station is an operating power station of at least 907-megawatts (MW) in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Herbert Wagner Generating Station Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States 39.178833, -76.52733 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 2, Unit 3: 39.178833, -76.52733
  • Unit 1, Unit 4: 39.1781, -76.5268

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[1] gas, fuel oil[2] 133[1] steam turbine[1] no[1] 1956[1] 2025 (planned)
Unit 2 retired coal - bituminous 136 subcritical 1959 2020
Unit 3 operating coal - bituminous 359 supercritical 1966 2025 (planned)
Unit 4 operating[3] fuel oil[3] 415[3] steam turbine[3] no[3] 1972[3] 2025 (planned)

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 H.A. Wagner LLC[4] Riverstone Holdings LLC [100.0%]
Unit 2 H.A. Wagner LLC [100.0%]
Unit 3 H.A. Wagner LLC [100.0%]
Unit 4 H.A. Wagner LLC[3] Riverstone Holdings LLC [100.0%]

Ownership

The plant was originally constructed by a predecessor company of Constellation Energy, which was later purchased by Exelon in 2012. On August 9, 2012, Exelon announced that it had reached an agreement, subject to regulatory approvals, for the sale of the Crane Generating Station, Brandon Shores Generating Station, and Herbert Wagner Generating Station to Raven Power Holdings LLC, a newly formed portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings LLC, for approximately US$400 million. Exelon committed to divest the plants as condition for regulatory approval of its merger with Constellation Energy to alleviate concerns regarding potential market power in the regional wholesale electricity market.[5]

Talen Energy assumed ownership of the plant on June 1, 2015, under Riverstone Holdings, LLC.[6]

Emissions Data

  • 2006 CO2 Emissions: 3,340,874 tons
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions:
  • 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
  • 2006 NOx Emissions:
  • 2005 Mercury Emissions:

Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Wagner Generating Station

In 2010, Abt Associates issued a study commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, quantifying the deaths and other health effects attributable to fine particle pollution from coal-fired power plants.[7] Fine particle pollution consists of a complex mixture of soot, heavy metals, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Among these particles, the most dangerous are those less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are so tiny that they can evade the lung's natural defenses, enter the bloodstream, and be transported to vital organs. Impacts are especially severe among the elderly, children, and those with respiratory disease. The study found that over 13,000 deaths and tens of thousands of cases of chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, asthma, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and pneumonia each year are attributable to fine particle pollution from U.S. coal plant emissions. These deaths and illnesses are major examples of coal's external costs, i.e. uncompensated harms inflicted upon the public at large. Low-income and minority populations are disproportionately impacted as well, due to the tendency of companies to avoid locating power plants upwind of affluent communities. To monetize the health impact of fine particle pollution from each coal plant, Abt assigned a value of $7,300,000 to each 2010 mortality, based on a range of government and private studies. Valuations of illnesses ranged from $52 for an asthma episode to $440,000 for a case of chronic bronchitis.[8]

Table 1: Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from Wagner Generating Station

Type of Impact Annual Incidence Valuation
Deaths 22 $160,000,000
Heart attacks 38 $4,100,000
Asthma attacks 360 $19,000
Hospital admissions 18 $410,000
Chronic bronchitis 14 $6,000,000
Asthma ER visits 16 $6,000

Source: "Find Your Risk from Power Plant Pollution," Clean Air Task Force interactive table, accessed March 2011

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (November 2019)". Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  2. "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (July 2021)". Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2022 release". Archived from the original on February 4, 2024.
  4. "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2018". Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  5. Exelon (Aug 9, 2012). "Exelon Agrees to Sell Three Maryland Coal Plants to Raven Power Holdings LLC". Press release. Retrieved on 2012-08-13.
  6. Corporation, Talen Energy. "Talen Energy Debuts as One of the Largest Independent Power Producers in U.S." www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  7. "The Toll from Coal: An Updated Assessment of Death and Disease from America's Dirtiest Energy Source," Clean Air Task Force, September 2010.
  8. "Technical Support Document for the Powerplant Impact Estimator Software Tool," Prepared for the Clean Air Task Force by Abt Associates, July 2010

Additional data

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