I am looking for a list of 40 US coal fired power stations and email
addresses and telephone numbers for their maintenance departments...

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 19 Nov 2003 06:00 PST

If you are looking for a list of large coal-fired power plants that
produce electricity, it might be possible to provide a list of 40 such
plants with general contact information.

It seems unlikely though, that a researcher would be able to track
down the specific contact information for the maintenance dept at each
plant...this info may not be online, and the plants themselves may not
be willing to make it available without knowing the purpose of the
query.

You might want to consider revising your request to ask just for the
list of plants and general contact information -- you could then
contact the plants themselves for access to the maintenance staff.

Just a suggestion....

pafalafa-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 19 Nov 2003 23:09 PST

Hello Tommyh,
I have found a directory listing companies that own coal-fired power
plants in the Western region of the United States, showing 30+
companies. This list most likely shows the addresses of the company
head offices rather than the maintenance departments (which I'm sure
will still pass through the main office address). Would this, with the
addition of more companies owning coal plants, be satisfactory as an
answer?

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Clarification of Question by tommyh-ga on 20 Nov 2003 01:36 PST

Pafalafa - thank for the input, I take on board your points...

Techtor - in view of Pafalafa's and your own points we would be very
happy to accepts a list of 40+ coal fired power stations and their
head office's contact details as a complete answer - thanks for your
help.

Greetings Tommyh,
I think I barely made 40 on this list, but I believe these might be
the most accessible companies that handle coal-fired power plants. I
collected all the instances where I saw coal-fired plants mentioned on
webpages, so I list them here. I may have not listed all since there
were webpages that linked to other pages that could show other
companies, but I think you could find your way to them from the pages
I've listed here.


Western Region Ash Group:
This is the first result I got. This is a list of companies that are
members of a coal ash recycling organization, and I believe some of
them are power producers/plant holders.
Coal recycling, fly ash, CCPs, recycling, coal - Western Region Ash
Group - Contacts:
http://www.wrashg.org/contact.htm
- Entries in red are the power plant companies. 

Coal Fired Power Plant In Usa - Western Region Ash Group (Map showing
locations of plants)
http://www.wrashg.org/coalplant.htm

I shall list the addresses from the above list (I chose only those
that appear to be power companies):

American Electric Power
Attn: Gregory H. Keenan
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-324-6824
614-324-5093 (FAX)
greg_keenan@aep.com

Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
Attn: Dave Jacobs
P.O. Box 670
Benson, AZ 85602-0670
520-586-5169
520-586-5566 FAX
djacobs@aepnet.org

Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Attn: David Murray
Route 1, Box 704
Cochise, AZ 85606-9717
520-384-6503
520-384-6557 FAX
davem@aepnet.org

Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Attn: Curt Melland
Leland Olds Station
3901 Hwy 200A
Stanton, ND 58571-9417
701-745-3371 x3200
curtm@bepc.com

Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Attn: Mr. Larry Collins
347 Grayrocks Road
P.O. Box 1346
Wheatland, WY 82201
307-322-9601 ext. 3168
307-322-7199
lcollins@bepc.com

Boral Material Technologies Inc.
Attn: Harry Roof
45 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 700
San Antonio, TX 78216
210-349-4069
210-349-8512 FAX
Harry.Roof@BORALMTI.com

Burlington Northern and
Santa Fe Railway Company
Attn: Ms. Karen Nelson
PO Box 961065
Ft Worth, TX 76161
817-867.6509
817-352-7105 (Fax)
Karen.Nelson@BNSF.com

CGRS - Colorado Groundwater Resource Services
Attn: Joby Adams
PO Box 1489
Ft. Collins, CO 80522
970-493-7780
(Fax) 970-493-7986
joby@cgrs.com

Colorado Springs Utilities - Electric
Greg Berwick
Colorado Springs Utilities
Resource Supply Department
P. O. Box 1103; MC-1321
Colorado Springs. CO 80947-1321
719- 668-5653
719- 668-5951 FAX
Gberwick@CSU.org

Great River Energy
Attn: Mr. Al Christianson
2875 Third St. SW
Underwood, ND 58576-9659
701-442-3211x250
701-442-3211x255 FAX
achristianson@grenergy.com

ISG Resources
Attn: Richard R. Halverson
950 Andover Park East, Suite 24
Tukwila, WA 98118
206-394-1364
206-394-1366 (FAX)
rhalverson@isgresources.com

ISG Resources, Inc.
Attn: Jason A. Vollmer
2124 Wyoming Ave. (59102)
P.O. Box 80085
Billings, MT 59108-0085
406-655-5077
406-655-5071 FAX
javollmer@isgresources.com

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Attn: Craig Herbert
Lewis & Clark Plant
P.O. Box 808
Sidney, MT 59270
406-482-1614
406-482-1614 Ask for fax machine

Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
Attn: Duane Steen
400 N 4th Street
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-222-7804
701-222-7886 FAX
Steend@mdu.mdures.com

Nebraska Public Power District
Attn: Leon Kuhlen
712 West "L" St.
McCook, NE 69001
308-535-5322
308-535-5333
lhkuhle@nppd.com

Otter Tail Power Company
Attn: Terry Graumann
P.O. Box 496
Fergus Falls, MN 56538-0496
218-739-8407
218-739-8629 FAX
tgraumann@otpeo.com

Pacificorp (Pacific Power - Utah Power)
Attn: Mr. Peter ?Mac? Crosby
101 South Main, OUC 2100
Salt Lake City, UT 84140
801-220-4829
801-220-4648 FAX
Peter.Crosby@pacificorp.com

Platte River Power Authority
Attn: Mr. Hermie Corns
2000 E Horsetooth Road
Ft. Collins, CO 80525-5721
970-229-5252
970-229-5244 FAX
cornsh@prpa.org

Power Products Engineering, Inc (PPE)
Attn: Andrew Stewart
14300 Charing Cross
Eden Prarie, MN 55346
952-934-8731
952 ?? FAX
AStewart@mn.rr.com

Salt River Project
Attn: Mr. Mark Bailey
Mail Station POB004
P.O. Box 52025
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2025
602-236-3824
602-236-3992 FAX
mmbailey@srpnet.com

Savage Industries
Attn: Mr. Kim Christensen
6340 South 3000 East, Suite 600
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
801-944-6667
801-944-6520
kim@Savageind.com

Savage Industries
Attn: Rob Davidson
5250 S. Commerce Dr. #200
Salt Lake city, UT 84107
801-261-6623
801-261-6638 (FAX)
rob@savageind.com

Southern California Edison
Attn: Stewart Noble
2700 Edison Way
Laughlin, NV 89029
702-298-1465
702-298-1151 (FAX)
noblesg@sce.com

Three Rivers Management, Inc.
Attn: Mike Tischuk
One Oxford Centre, Suite 3000
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6401
412-208-8809
412-208-8850 FAX
tischukm@hansonle.com

UtiliCorp United
Attn: Robert Gaines, Manager
Clark Station
550 Highway 50 West
Canon City, CO 81212
719-275-2436
719-269-3292 FAX
bgaines@utilicorp.com

Xcel Energy
Attn: Dave Goss
1099 18th Street, Suite 3000
Denver, CO 80202
303-308-2734
303-308-2738 FAX
David.Goss@xemkt.com

Xcel Energy
Attn: Mike Thomes
414 Nicollet Mall RSQ 10
Minneapoils, MN 55401
612-330-7657
612-330-7671
michael.r.thomes@xcelenergy.com



Results from the Gridwatch Global Power Directory:
( http://www.gridwatch.com )

Gridwatch.com Global Power Directory - Coal Power
http://www.gridwatch.com/gproc.asp?gid=2
- Directory of companies on coal supply and techonology

Gridwatch.com Global Power Directory
http://www.gridwatch.com/cproc.asp?cid=240
- Directory of power producers (not all have coal plants)

Dynegy Power Generation Facilities
http://www.dynegy.com/Generation/Facilities.shtml
Dynegy Inc.
713.507.6400
1000 Louisiana
Suite 5800
Houston, Texas 77002
- Dynegy has various coal-fired plants in various areas of the United
States. Map is shown on this page. Click on the map or any of the six
links below 'Facilities' to the left to view list of
facilities/plants. To contact Dynegy, click on "Contact us" above.

Peabody Energy 
http://www.peabodyenergy.com/index-nn.html
- Coal company with plans to set up a power plant. 
News article about power plant (The Southern Illinoisan - Top Stories
- Peabody announces New Coal Power Plant)
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/rednews/2003/10/14/build/top/TOP001.html
PEABODY ENERGY CONTACTS
Public Relations
Peabody Energy
701 Market St.
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-342-3400
pr@peabodyenergy.com

Webmaster
Peabody Energy
webmaster@peabodyenergy.com

Government source:
DOE - Fossil Energy - Coal and Natural Gas Electric Power Systems
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/
- If you follow most of the links here, they will lead to mentions of
coal powered plant companies. I will give some examples below.

DOE Fossil Energy Techline: Secretary of Energy Announces First
Projects to Meet President's Commitment to New Clean Coal Technologies
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/03/tl_ccpi_2003sel.html
- Three companies are mentioned.Click on each name in the page to open
a PDF file that will show you the addresses of these plants:
The City of Colorado Springs, CO
LG&E Energy Corporation, Louisville, KY
Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Milwaukee, WI

DOE Fossil Energy Techline: Abraham Announces Projects to Bolster
Electricity Supply With New Technologies for Nation's Coal-Fired Power
Plants
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/01/tl_ppii_sel.html
- Seven companies are mentioned. Click on each name in the page to
open a new page that shows the addresses and phone of the power
companies involved:
Alliant Energy Corporation, Madison, WI
Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, MA
CONSOL Energy Inc., South Park, PA
Otter Tail Power Company, Fergus Falls, MN
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, Hays, KS
Tampa Electric Company, Tampa, FL
Universal Aggregates LLC, South Park, PA,

Others:
Who We Are - Generating Power - List of power plants under PPL Corporation
http://www.pplweb.com/who_we_are/who_produce.htm
PPL Montana - Generation: Colstrip plant
http://www.pplweb.com/who_we_are/powerplants/ppl_montana/colstrip.htm
PPL Contact page
http://www.pplweb.com/contact/index.htm

Coal-fired Power Generation
http://www.emersonprocess-powerwater.com/news/ae/pr-pe-nimble.pdf 
- Something on the topic of power generation.

Inventory of Electric Utility Power Plants in the United States
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/ipp/ipp_sum.html
- Download a large PDF file for a complete list of power plants in the
United States, circa 2000.

Bechtel Corporation - constructor of coal power plants
http://www.bechtel.com/contact.htm
Solid Fuel Plant project of Bechtel (PDF File)
http://www.bechtel.com/PDF/SFFACT_4-24.pdf


Google Search strings used:
us coal-fired power plant
us coal power plant
coal plants united states
- coal power plants united states
coal power plant directory united states

I hope this has been a most helpful answer. If you need anything else,
or have a problem with the answer, do please post a Request for
Clarification and I shall respond as soon as I can. Thank you.

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Request for Answer Clarification by tommyh-ga on 21 Nov 2003 03:08 PST

Techtor 

Many thanks for this - it gives us a good start. We will qualify them
by starting calling today.

Thank you for answering the question.

On a different note - you may have noticed that I posted 3 other
questions and have had no comments or answers - have you any idea why
this is?  (Is it too complex or have I not offered a high enough
reward...?)

Keep up the good work

Tommy

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Clarification of Answer by techtor-ga on 21 Nov 2003 08:16 PST

I'm very thankful for the five-star rating!

With regard to your other questions I just have two observations: one,
they seem especially difficult (usually the case when dealing with top
companies, top products, top this, etc.); two, they are not quite
attractively priced. I hope you take these points into consideration
so your questions will be noticed. Again, thanks.

I was very pleased with the answer - particularly the clarification of
what would be acceptable in advance of its posting - a very
proffessional approach.

I work for a company that operates power plants and the contact for
maintenance depends on the type of maintenance you are talking about. 
Are you talking about recurring stuff or outages?  You are going to
find out that the contacts are at the plant and the corporate level. 
It depends on how the type of work to be perform.  General maintenace
is at the plant level but for outage work maybe done by a traveling
group (at a corporate level).

The top companies are most likely the top utilities.  Good Luck.

Thank you Leskowitz for your input.

I agree absolutely with your comments.

I am CEO for a small company in the UK that has a filtration device
that we have sold to many of the UK coal fired power stations to
improve transmission reliability (either on the coal crushing plants
or the extraction transmissions).

We cannot afford a US based salesforce so we were hoping to approach
them from the UK - hence my question.

Any contacts that you might have would be very gratefully received!

Many thanks
Tom