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Robert E Ritchie — Power plant · Gas, steam turbine · Entergy Arkansas LLCSR West Helena — Solar · AR · 4.8 MW · 12.7 km away
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  • Wind & solar
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  • Retired
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Robert E Ritchie

Power plant · Gas, steam turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, steam turbine Retired
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1961
Net generation, 2012
-158 MWh
Grid
230 kV to Entergy Arkansas Inc (MISO)
Location
Phillips County, Arkansas

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2013
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2013
  • Gas
  • Oil

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Entergy Corp, Entergy Power, LLC

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Technology
Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
Age
65 years since 1961
All 2 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110015673270
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1007353
Balancing authority codeMISO

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Retired
November 2013
First unit retired
February 2013
Capacity retired
923.1 MW
Generators retired
3
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
1Natural Gas Steam Turbine359 MWRetiredFebruary 2013
GT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine19.5 MWRetiredJune 2013
2Natural Gas Steam Turbine544.6 MWRetiredNovember 2013
By technology
TechnologyRetiredScheduled to retire
Natural Gas Steam Turbine903.6 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine19.5 MW

Grid

EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).
Grid voltage at the plant
230 kV
Transmission or distribution system owner
Entergy Arkansas Inc
Balancing authority
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
NERC region
SERC
Transmission lines within 25 km (8)
Can the connection be reused?

A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.

Ownership

3 companies3
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Entergy Arkansas LLC Operator EIA-860M
Entergy Corp Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP
Entergy Power, LLC Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2025 EIA-860

Timeline

  • Stated Unit 2 scheduled to retire, 544.6 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit GT1 scheduled to retire, 19.5 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit 1 scheduled to retire, 359 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 sources

Sources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT) · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

View at source

Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
SR West Helena Permitted Solar 12.7 km 4.8

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

Attribution