- The operator of the B.L. England coal-fired power plant in Cape May County, N.J., is going to close one unit, make a second unit gas-burning and change a third to a combined-cycle gas turbine.
- RC Cape May Holdings LLC is making the changes to comply with a consent order from the state Department of Environmental Protection, which charged that the company did not make air-quality improvements it was supposed to when it acquired the plant in 2009 from the utilities that had owned it.
- Despite going from three units to two, the plants output could jump from 450 MW to 570 MW.
From the article: "The 450 MW B.L. England coal-fired power plant in Cape May County, N.J. will shut down one of its coal-fired units by fall 2013 and switch two others to natural gas to reduce emissions from the plant by 2016. ..."