Platte Generating Station Statistical Information

Conventional appraisals of power plant operations include availability (a measure of reliability), cost-effectiveness, safety record, and compliance to environmental protection regulations. Platte Generating Station has achieved noteworthy successes in each of these areas over the years.

During its twenty five year history, PGS employees have kept the plant operating at least ninety percent of the time in five different years. In 2006, PGS was available 95.9% of the time. This reliability level was only one tenth of one percent below PGS's highest availability record of 96.0% set in 1998. Achieving high plant availability over the last several years has directly contributed to the continued production of low cost power and the good financial performance of the utility.

Platte Generating Station Annual Availability

Year	PGS Net Generation	Total Coal Burned for Year	Hours in Year/ Hours Operated/ Availability	Capacity Factor	Comments
2008	664,131,000 kwh	435,887 tons	8784 / 8363 / 95.2%	78.30%
2007	609,969,000 kwh	398,384 tons	8760 / 7573 / 86.5%	69.63%	Five year overhaul
2006	673,898,000 kwh	422,840 tons	8760 / 8404 / 95.9%	76.92%
2005	659,759,000 kwh	407,872 tons	8760 / 8242 / 94.1%	75.31%
2004	637,478,000 kwh	396,721 tons	8760 / 8356 / 95.4%	72.77%
2003	639,144,000 kwh	397,634 tons	8760 / 8328 / 95.1%	72.96%
2002	563,937,000 kwh	344,639 tons	8760 / 7584 / 86.6%	64.38%	Five year overhaul
2001	649,560,000 kwh	400,842 tons	8760 / 8329 / 95.1%	75.15%
2000	663,877,000 kwh	355,953 tons	8760 / 8012 / 91.2%	75.78%
1999	537,907,000 kwh	358,870 tons	8760 / 8367 / 95.5%	61.40%
1998	579,116,000 kwh	309,697 tons	8760 / 8415 / 96.0%	66.11%

PGS's 2007 safety record contained several positive accomplishments. The station's coal handling crew safely unloaded and handled more than 430,000 tons of coal from 30 trains during frequent extreme weather conditions.

Misc. Platte Generating Station Information

Number of Generating Units on site	One
Manufacturer of Turbine-Generator	General Electric
Maximum Generating Capacity	>100 megawatts
Name Plate Rating of Generator	122,000 kVA
Manufacturer of Steam Generator (Boiler)	Combustion Engineering
Maximum Rated Flow	765,000 lbs./hr. at 1,800 psi and 1,000° F.
Precipitator Manufacturer	Western Precipitator, Efficiency 99.6%
Manufacturer of Ash Handling System	United Conveyor Corp.
Coal Handling Manufacturer	Midwest Conveyor Co.
Coal System Capacity	600 tons/hour
Average Coal Use per Day - 2007	1,091 tons, about 10 coal cars a day*
Coal Used to generate one kilowatt (1000 watts) hour - 2007	20.8 oz. coal per kilowatt

*One shipment of coal to PGS consists of approximately 120 cars of coal. Each car holds approximately 100 tons of coal.

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