Flint Creek Power Plant Explained

Flint Creek Power Plant
Country:	USA
Location:	Round Prairie Township, Benton County, near Gentry, Arkansas
Coordinates:	36.2556°N -94.5228°W
Owner:	50% SWEPCO/AEP and 50% Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Status:	O
Th Fuel Primary:	Powder River Basin Coal
Ps Cooling Source:	Little Flint Creek Reservoir
Ps Units Operational:	1
Ps Electrical Capacity:	528 MW
Commissioned:	1978

Flint Creek Power Plant is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located west of Gentry, Arkansas in Benton County, Arkansas.

The lone unit uses coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via Kansas City Southern Railway. The output is owned jointly half and half by SWEPCO/AEP and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.^[1]

As part of the project, SWEPCO constructed a 100’ high dam on Little Flint Creek to create a reservoir to provide cooling water to the plant.^[2] The reservoir, known as Lake Flint Creek or SWEPCO Lake, provides fishing opportunities and is open to the public.^[3]

See also

• List of power stations in Arkansas
• Global warming
• List of coal-fired power station in the United States

External links

• http://www.AEP.com/
• Data on generation and fuel consumption from the Energy Information Administration Electricity Data Browser

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flint Creek Power Plant. Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.. September 4, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100917043831/http://aecc.com/memanage/include/generation_facilities_flint_creek.html. September 17, 2010. dead.
2. Web site: Flint Creek Power Plant. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. July 31, 2021.
3. Web site: AGFC powers up SWEPCO Lake with massive fish habitat project. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. July 31, 2021.
4. Web site: Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Excel. 2008-07-14.