Cardinal Power Plant

Construction of Cardinal started in November 1963. The project was a joint venture of Ohio Power (a forerunner of AEP) and Buckeye Power. Buckeye Power obtained loans from the Rural Electric Administration and financing through Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the Ohio Company.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/dover-daily-reporter-mar-28-1964-p-26/|title=Cardinal Power Plant Will Be One of Largest|last=Woerdeman|first=Joe|newspaper=Dover Daily Reporter|date=March 28, 1964|page=24|via=newspaperarchive.com/|access-date=April 7, 2018}} Cardinal was built adjacent to Ohio Power's Tidd Plant. The plant is named after the State Bird of Ohio, the cardinal.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/steubenville-herald-star-nov-07-1964-p-15/|title=New Power Plant Right on Schedule|last=Brown|first=Jim|newspaper=The Steubenville Herald-Star|date=November 7, 1964|page=11|via=newspaperarchive.com/|access-date=April 7, 2018}} Units 1 and 2 began commercial generation in 1967 at a cost of $131 million.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/defiance-crescent-news-jul-08-1968-p-10/|title=27 Ohio REA Cooperatives Acquire Generating Plant|newspaper=Defiance Crescent-News|date=July 8, 1968|page=10|via=newspaperarchive.com/|access-date=April 7, 2018}} Unit 3 began generation in 1977 after six years of construction at a cost of $220 million.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/herald-star-dec-02-1977-p-1/|title=Unit Dedicated|newspaper=The Steubenville Herald-Star|date=December 2, 1977|page=1|via=newspaperarchive.com/|access-date=April 7, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/herald-star-mar-04-1975-p-23/|title=More Power|newspaper=The Steubenville Herald-Star|date=March 4, 1975|page=23|via=newspaperarchive.com/|access-date=April 7, 2018}} In 2017, AEP and Buckeye Power reached an agreement for Buckeye Power to operate all three units at Cardinal.{{cite news|url=https://ohioec.org/buckeye-power/buckeye-power-aep-generation-resources-reach-new-operating-agreement-ohio-power-plants/|title=Buckeye Power, AEP reach new operating agreement for Ohio plants|last=Higgins|first=Patrick|publisher=Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives|date=December 17, 2017|access-date=April 6, 2018}}

To further reduce nitrogen oxide ({{NOx}}) emissions, AEP and Buckeye Power announced in 2001 they would install selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to complement their LO-NOx burners at Cardinal. The SCRs would decrease {{NOx}} emissions at the plant from 30% to 90%.{{cite news|url=https://www.power-eng.com/articles/2001/08/aep-buckeye-power-to-construct-emission-control-systems-at-cardinal-plant.html|title=AEP, Buckeye Power to construct emission control systems at Cardinal Plant|publisher=Power Engineering|date=August 2, 2001|access-date=April 6, 2018}} Between 2005 and 2010, flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) equipment were installed to all three units at Cardinal with Units 1 and 2 costing $300 million to construct. The FGD equipment would reduce sulfur dioxide ({{SO2}}) emissions by 98%.{{cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=state%3AOH!USA%2B-%2BOhio&sort=YMD_date%3AD&page=1&maxresults=20&f=advanced&val-base-0=Cardinal_Plant&fld-base-0=alltext&docref=news/12DCBE1B2909B4F0|title=Scrubber system allows use of Ohio coal|newspaper=The Times Reporter|date=January 16, 2008|via=newsbank.com/|access-date=April 8, 2018}} A year after it was installed, inspectors found severe corrosion in its tank vessel. AEP negotiated a settlement with Black & Veatch, the contractor who installed the FGD equipment, to address the corrosion.{{cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=state%3AOH%21USA%2B-%2BOhio&sort=YMD_date%3AD&page=2&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=Conesville%20Power%20Plant&docref=news/1386D51C87A5C380|title=Failing Pollution Scrubbers - 'Aggressive' decay eats at power plants|last=Hunt|first=Spencer|newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch|date=July 11, 2011|page=1A|via=newsbank.com/|access-date=June 26, 2018}} Instead of constructing a new chimney for Unit 3's FGD system, AEP retrofitted a cooling tower to release waste heat into the atmosphere.{{cite web|url=https://aepretirees.com/2012/02/03/another-first-aep-introduces-flue-gas-venting-technology-in-the-u-s/|title=Another first: AEP introduces flue gas venting technology in the U.S.|last=Hammer|first=Rachel|publisher=AEP|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=April 6, 2018}} AEP announced in 2015 that its Cardinal unit will be converted into a natural gas power plant by 2030 in order to comply with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.{{cite news|url=http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2015/12/aep-cardinal-plant-in-brilliant-will-be-converted-to-gas/|title=AEP Cardinal Plant in Brilliant Will Be Converted to Gas|newspaper=Wheeling Intelligencer|date=December 16, 2015|access-date=April 6, 2018}} The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved of the conversion.{{cite news|url=http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2016/11/plan-to-switch-cardinal-plant-in-brilliant-to-natural-gas-is-approved/|title=Plan to Switch Cardinal Plant in Brilliant to Natural Gas is Approved|last=Junkins|first=Casey|newspaper=Wheeling Intelligencer|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=April 6, 2018}}

During construction in June 1965, three workers were killed when a pump casing fell into a well.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/steubenville-herald-star-jun-23-1965-p-1/|title=3 Die, 3 Hurt in Plant Accident|newspaper=The Steubenville Herald-Star|date=June 23, 1965|page=1|via=newspaperarchive.com/|access-date=April 7, 2018}}

An explosion killed one worker and injured four in June 1984.{{cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=state%3AOH!USA%2B-%2BOhio&sort=YMD_date%3AD&maxresults=20&f=advanced&val-base-0=Cardinal_Power_Plant&fld-base-0=alltext&docref=image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40WHNPX-130F3A77762F3C54%402445876-130ED19365EE2289%4025-130ED19365EE2289%40|title=Cadiz man dies of blast injuries|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|date=June 24, 1984|page=25-A|via=newsbank.com/|access-date=April 8, 2018}}

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