Darby Generating Station
{{Infobox power station
|name = Darby Generating Station
|image = Darby Generating Station East.jpg
|image_caption = Darby Generating Station viewed from the east along Adkins Road
|country = United States
|location = Darby Township, Pickaway County, near Mount Sterling, Ohio
| coordinates = {{coord|39|42|44|N|83|10|38|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|owner = Lightstone Generation LLC
|operator =
|status = O
|th_fuel_primary = Natural gas
|th_cooling_source =
|th_technology =
|th_combined_cycle =
|ps_electrical_capacity= 480
|commissioned = Units 1–4: 2001
Units 5–6: 2002
|decommissioned =
}}
Darby Generating Station is a 480 megawatt (MW), natural gas peaker plant located in Darby Township, Pickaway County near Mount Sterling, Ohio. The plant is currently owned by Lightstone Generation LLC, a 50-50 joint venture of The Blackstone Group and ArcLight Capital Partners. The plant has six units and began operations in 2001.
Background
The project was first announced in 1999 by Dayton Power & Light (DP&L) to address projected electricity shortages.{{cite news|title=Notice Public Information Meeting August 18, 1999|newspaper=Circleville Herald|date=August 13, 1999}} The first four units of Darby began operations in 2001 with Units 5 and 6 beginning the following year at a cost of $55 million.{{cite web|url=https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/TiffToPDf/WBPVI$BPHAMBNJ@J.pdf|title=Case No. 99-0989-EL-BGN|last=Rizer|first=Edward N.|publisher=Ohio Public Utilities Commissions (PUCO)|date=May 15, 2001|accessdate=July 31, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=https://www.power-grid.com/2001/05/14/dpl-announces-phase-six-of-merchant-generation-expansion/#gref|title=DPL announces phase six of merchant generation expansion|last=Schwanhausser|first=Dee|publisher=POWERGrid International|date=May 14, 2001|accessdate=July 31, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The total cost of the project was estimated to be at $183 million.{{cite web|url=https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/TiffToPDf/NVW200URBO7PZP$D.pdf|title=Case No. 99-0989-EL-BGN|date=September 5, 2000|accessdate=August 1, 2020|page=7}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The peaker plant is connected by a 345kV power line originating from the former J.M. Stuart Station located in Adams County, Ohio.{{cite web|url=https://www.pjm.com/pub/planning/project-queues/impact_studies/r15_imp.pdf|title=Feasibility / Impact Study Report: Queue #R15 Adkins 345 kV (Darby Generating Units) 9 MW (Increase in existing capacity)|publisher=PJM Interconnection|date=March 2007|accessdate=July 31, 2020}} In 2007, DP&L sold Darby to American Electric Power (AEP) for $102 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.power-eng.com/2006/11/29/aep-to-purchase-darby-plant-from-dpl-energy/#gref|title=AEP to purchase Darby plant from DPL Energy|publisher=Power Engineering|date=November 29, 2006|accessdate=July 31, 2020}} AEP would later sell Darby as a part of $2.17 billion deal to The Blackstone Group and ArcLight Capital Partners in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.power-grid.com/2016/09/14/joint-venture-buys-three-gas-plants-one-coal-plant-from-aep/#gref|title=Joint venture buys three gas plants, one coal plant from AEP|publisher=POWERGrid International|date=September 14, 2016|accessdate=July 31, 2020|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810021917/https://www.power-grid.com/2016/09/14/joint-venture-buys-three-gas-plants-one-coal-plant-from-aep/#gref|url-status=dead}}
See also
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