POPLAR RIVER POWER STATION AND MINING 



Operation 



The two units operated for the full reporting period. The 1985 operating 



statistics for the two units are shown in Table 1: 



Table 1 

 1985 Operating Statistics for Generating Units No. 1 and No. 2 . 



Unit 1 



Unit 2 



Hours of Operation 

 Gross MWhr Generated 

 Availability (hours) (percent) 

 Capacity Factor (percent) 

 Number of Start Ups 

 Coal Consumed (tonnes) 

 Oil Consumed (tonnes) 

 Hours in Period 



The average sulphur content of the coal in 1985 was 0.5 percent. Analyses 

 were conducted by an independent laboratory according to ASTM procedure 

 D3176. The sulphur content of the No. 2 fuel oil consumed at the Poplar 

 River Power Station was 0.07 percent. 



Three spills occurred in 1985, all due to ash line ruptures. On 



August 12, 1985 a maximum of 800 m^ of ash recirculation water containing 



some ash spilled immediately south of the Poplar River Power Station. The 



spill was contained upstream of the drainage ditch control structures. 



Cleanup procedures were implemented and no spill materials entered Cookson 



Reservoir. 



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