Lakeside power station

Lakeside power station was a 76.0-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned and operated by the City of Springfield, Illinois.

Location

Visible below are both the Lakeside and Dallman power plants, both of which are owned by the City of Springfield.

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Background

The Lakeside power station was built in the 1930s on the edge of Lake Springfield by the City Water, Light and Power (CWLP) department of Springfield, Illinois. In the mid-1960s, there were seven coal-fired turbine-generators built. When the plant was retired in May 2009, only Units 6 and 7 were still in operation; both units had a 38 megawatt (MW) capacity. After prolonged use and stronger environmental regulations, CLWP decided to decommission the plant instead of investing into upgrading the existing units. CLWP built and began operating the new Dallman 4 Power Station, another coal-fired plant, to continue supplying the city with electricity in 2009.

Pollution Concerns

In 2018, a report put together by various environmental groups, including the Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, Prairie Rivers Network and the Sierra Club, showed toxic pollutants emanating from 22 of the 24 coal ash dump sites used by the Lakeside station, as well as other CWLP power plants. The groups found unsafe levels of boron, sulfate, and arsenic in the sites investigated. They also noted that CWLP's ash ponds were all unlined, resulting in potential groundwater contamination that could penetrate the city's nearby drinking water source.

For more on coal ash and the Lakeside station, see Lakeside Station Ash Pond.

Project Details

• Owner: City Water, Light and Power
• Parent Entity: City of Springfield, Illinois
• Gross generating capacity (retired): 76 MW
  • Unit 6: Coal-fired subcritical, 38 MW (start-up in 1961)
  • Unit 7: Coal-fired subcritical, 38 MW (start-up in 1965)
• Location: 3100 Stevenson Dr., Springfield, IL 62707
• GPS Coordinates: 39.755142, -89.601280
• Coal Consumption: Unknown
• Coal Source: Unknown
• Unit Retirements: Both units retired in 2009.

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 264,044 tons (2005), 215,000 tons (2007)
• SO₂ Emissions: 7,617 tons (2005)
• SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• NO_x Emissions: 1,196 tons (2005)
• Mercury Emissions:

Coal Waste Site

• Lakeside Station Ash Pond

Articles and Resources

Sources

• Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
• Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
• NETL Coal Power Plant Database, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2007.
• AirData Query Database, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed April 2009.

Related GEM.wiki articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Illinois and coal
• City Water, Light and Power
• United States and coal
• Global warming