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 POPLAR RIVER POWER STATION 



Operations 



The 1988 operating statistics for the two units at Poplar River Power 

 Station are shown in Table 1. The capacity factor of 96.2 percent 

 of Unit No. 2 was the highest since the unit was commissioned. A 

 major repair of the boiler for Unit No. 1 during the fourth quarter 

 accounts for the lower capacity factor of Unit No. 1. 



Table 1. 1988 Operating Statistics for Generating Units No. 1 

 and No . 2 



Unit No. 1 Unit No. 2 



Hours of Operation 6,958 8,458 



Gross MWH Generated 2,083,500 2,485,300 



Availability (hours) (percent) 79.21 96.29 



Capacity Factor (percent) 79.6 96.2 



Number of Start-ups 10 6 



Coal Consumed (tonnes) 1,787,510 2,129,321 



Oil Consumed (tonnes) 1,412 747 



Hours in Period 8,784 8,784 



The average sulphur content of the coal was 0.60 percent. Analyses 

 were conducted by the Poplar River Power Station laboratory. Analyses 

 of a monthly duplicate coal sample by an independent laboratory 

 indicated, on average, a 0.1 percent lower value. Testing was done 

 in accordance with ASTM procedure D3176. The sulphur content of the 

 fuel oil was 0.80 percent. 



