Texas Puts Luminant Mining Under Closer Financial Scrutiny
— Luminant — operator of eight of the 20 coal mines in Texas — maintains it can cover the cost of reclamation despite any possible reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy ...
Luminant to shut 2 more large Texas coal plants
— Following the closure of the Sandow plant, the mine that supplies its coal, the Three Oaks Mine in Bastrop County, will close as well. Luminant expects 450 employees to be impacted by the mine and plant closures. Over the last few years, the management of the Big Brown site has made "operational adjustments" to help that unit stay viable.
Luminant Restores Pre-Owned Draglines
— A leading coal producer and power generator, Luminant, found itself in a similar scenario during the planning phase of its new mine, located near Kosse, Texas. They wanted to use draglines for overburden removal, but they were looking for less capital intensive alternatives that could also reduce the required manufacturing time to acquire …
Oak Hill Strip Mine
— Mine Data. MSHA ID: 4103660 Operator: Luminant Mining Company LLC Controller: Energy Future Holdings Corporation Union: IBEW County: Rusk State: TX Latitude: 32.22 Longitude:-94.73 2007 Production (short tons): 4,108,562 Coal Type: Lignite Mining Method: Surface Mine Status: Active Average No. of Employees: 197 Articles …
Luminant 'idles' Rusk County's Oak Hill mine
— Shutting down operations at Oak Hill comes on the heels of other Luminant closings in East Texas. Last year, Luminant announced it would layoff 80 workers at mines near the Monticello power plant in Titus County as well as a mine in Hopkins County. A year ago, Luminant announced it was closing a mine in Panola County near Beckville.
Luminant to Close Mines and Generating Units; Files Suit
— Monticello Unit 3 will switch from Texas lignite to Powder River Basin (PRB) coal. The supporting Thermo and Winfield mines will cease operations. Units No. 1 and 2 at the Big Brown power plant in Freestone County will also switch to PRB coal. Mining will cease at the supporting Big Brown/Turlington mine.
Martin Lake
(Luminant) • Railroad Commission of Texas' Coal Mining Reclamation Award 2014 (Luminant) • U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Director's Award 2009, five-time Winner (Luminant) Environmental Responsibility Luminant is proud of its strong track record of meeting or outperforming all
Luminant's Kosse Mine Archaeology Project Preserves Texas …
— An archaeology project at Luminant's Kosse Mine in Robertson County has not only uncovered details of an abandoned late 19 th – to early 20 th-century …
New federal rules could doom Martin Lake Power Plant — and end coal…
— The closure of Martin Lake, like its sister plant in Mount Pleasant in 2018, would mean hundreds of lost jobs for plant operators in an area already stricken by the collapse of the coal mining industry. Texas lignite, a low-grade form of coal strip mined out of East Texas and fed into plants such as Martin Lake, has few remaining customers.
Luminant Announces Facility Closures, Job Reductions in …
Luminant • Largest power generator in Texas. • Approximately 4,400 employees throughout the state. • 2,580 are employed across the company's coal plant and mining operations. • Created about 675 net new jobs since the beginning of 2008. Big Brown Power Plant Location: Freestone County, Texas Power Plant and Mine Employees: 332
Coal provides energy for East Texas, but new EPA rules …
— A train from a Luminant-owned mine in Beckville approaches the coal storage yard at Martin Lake generating facility April 21 near Tatum. The company owns four mining operations — including its ...
Winfield South Mine
— Winfield South Strip is a surface coal mining operation in Titus County, Texas, operated by Luminant Mining and owned by Energy Future Holdings.. It was announced on September 12, 2011 that Texas based coal plant Monticello Units 1 and 2 would be idled in January 2012 if Energy Future Holdings, owner of Luminant, failed in …
Luminant
Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra (NYSE: VST), is a competitive power generation business, including mining, wholesale marketing and trading, and development operations. Luminant has approximately 39,000 megawatts of generation across 12 states, powered by a diverse portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery storage facilities.
WARN notice: Luminant to lay off 160 workers from Tatum location
— Luminant Mining will lay off 160 workers from their Liberty Mine and Martin Lake Mining Complex in Tatum on Dec. 26, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification released by the Texas Workforce Commission today. Luminant will completely cease operations at their Liberty Mine and lay off additional workers at their …
Texas signed off on the restoration of this old coal mine.
— Dallas-based Luminant's turned out the lights on the plant that ate a ton of coal every three seconds for 30-odd years, generated 40 percent of the Titus County …
Luminant will reopen 3 coal-fired plants ahead of schedule
— Luminant, Texas' largest power producer and subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings, will bring three power plants back online that previously had been shut down …
Luminant Statement Regarding Liberty Mine Land – Luminant
About Luminant. Luminant, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corp., is a competitive power generation business, including mining, wholesale marketing and trading, and development operations. Luminant has more than 15,400 megawatts of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW fueled by nuclear power and 8,000 MW fueled by coal.
News Releases
IRVING, Texas — Oct. 13, 2017 — Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST), today announced that it will close two coal-fueled power plants in Central Texas: its two …
Luminant Coal Units Get Permission to Mothball This Winter
— In what will be welcome news to environmental groups, on Tuesday the Texas grid gave the green light to Luminant to idle two units at their Monticello coal power plant and lignite mine in ...
Coal Mining Locations
16. Oak Hill – Luminant 17. Three Oaks – Alcoa 18. Twin Oak – Luminant 19. Kosse – Luminant 20. Leesburg – Luminant Based on a map of the Railroad Commission of Texas. Areas of Geologic Conditions Relating to Occurrence of Coal Areas of Geologic Conditions Relating to Occurrence of Lignite 6 Permitted Coal Mine [R] Reclamation Only ...
New federal rules could doom Martin Lake Power …
— An earlier round of federal regulations combined with declining lignite coal demand led Luminant to close its Oak Hill lignite mine south of Longview in 2018 with layoffs affecting four other...
Luminant to Close Three Oaks Coal Mine and Two Power Plants, Texas
A power generation company announced Friday it will shut down a Bastrop County coal mine, the power plant in Milam County it supplies coal to, and another power plant in Freestone County. Three Oaks Mine near Elgin, the Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and the Big Brown Power Plant in Freestone County are run by energy company Luminant.
Luminant coal plant closings eliminate 600 jobs in Texas
— Luminant coal plant closings eliminate 600 jobs in Texas
Texas
On December 20, 2019, Luminant Generation Company LLC transferred the Monticello Site to Golden Eagle Development, LLC, a subsidiary of Commercial Liability Partners, LLC. On December 9, 2022, Sandow Power Company LLC, Luminant Mining Company LLC, and Luminant Generation Company LLC transferred the Sandow site to SLR Property I, LP.
Luminant Energy to close Big Brown and Sandow coal plants
— Luminant announced last week that it's shutting down three of its coal plants, including the Big Brown plant in Freestone County. Photo by Robert W. Hart/The Texas Tribune. Oct. 17, 2017. North Texans environmentalists are cheering the news that two notorious Texas smog monsters are meeting their demise.
Luminant to Close Two Texas Power Plants – Luminant
IRVING, Texas — Oct. 13, 2017 — Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST), today announced that it will close two coal-fueled power plants in Central Texas: its two-unit Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and its two-unit Big Brown Power Plant in Freestone County. In total, approximately 2,300 MW of nameplate power will be taken offline in …
Luminant to build solar farm at Oak Hill Mine | cbs19.tv
— The new Oak Hill Solar Facility is expected to go online in 2022 in the Texas ERCOT market and will be 200 megawatts. Skip Navigation. ... Luminant to build solar farm at Oak Hill Mine.
Major Mines & Projects | Three Oaks Mine
The coal mining company Luminant, which owns Three Oaks Mine east of Elgin, has submitted a final application to release itself from land reclamation obligations. The mine was shuttered in 2017 along with the …
LUMINANT
Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) including fly ash, bottom ash, and gypsum are generated as part of MOSES unit operation. The CCRs are transported off-site for beneficial use by third-parties or are placed in mine pits in the Winfield South Mine/G-Ash Area. The CCR Rule (40 CFR 257 Subpart D - Standards for the Receipt of Coal Combustion ...
Luminant in Tatum to lay off 160 day after Christmas
— Luminant operates the Liberty coal mine and Martin Lake power plant in Tatum. The plant was established in the late 70s and currently generates enough electricity to power over 450,000 homes ...
Luminant to idle Rusk County mine; 100 jobs affected
— Dallas power company Luminant announced Thursday it will idle coal mining operations at Oak Hill Mine in Rusk County by the end of the year and cut 100 jobs, continuing
TXU Corp. Announces Luminant Energy Brand
TXU Power has over 18,100 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,800 MW of coal-fueled generation capacity. TXU Wholesale optimizes the purchases and sales of energy for TXU Energy and TXU Power and provides related services to other market participants. ... Luminant's Upton 2 Battery Storage Project Awarded Million ...
Luminant to build solar farm at closed coal mine in Texas
— Luminant plans to build a new solar farm on the site of its retired Oak Hill coal mine on the west side of Martin Lake in East Texas. The Panola Watchman reported plans for the solar farm are part of a wider push from Luminant for more renewable energy. Luminant's parent company Vistra announced