R. Gallagher Generating Station
The R. Gallagher Generating Station is a four-unit coal-burning power plant located along the Ohio River some two miles downstream from New Albany, Indiana in southernmost Floyd County, Indiana. The total aggregate capacity of the plant's four identical units is 560MW. Unit 2 began operating in 1958; unit 1 in 1959; unit 3 in 1960 and unit 4 in 1961. In early 2012, both Units 1 and 3 were retired. Units 2 and 4 continue to operate because Duke Energy installed baghouses, greatly reducing the pollution and meeting the current standards set by the EPA. The plant's current output is 280 megawatts. The plant is connected to the grid by 138 and 230 kilovolt transmission lines.As of 2006, R. Gallagher was the dirtiest major power station in the US in terms of sulphur dioxide gas emission rate: it discharged of SO2 for each MWh of electric power produced that year.
