Ohio's J.M. Stuart Station Shuts Down Coal-Fired Unit 4 for Repairs

SUGAR LAND--July 28, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--J.M. Stuart Generating Station, which is located in Aberdeen, Ohio, shut down its 610-megawatt (MW) Unit 4 on Saturday to repair a circulating water pump that failed, and an air heater basket that was plugged with bottom ash. The station is operated by Dayton Power & Light (Dayton, Ohio), which owns 35% of the station's four units. Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina) owns 39%, and AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) (Arlington, Virginia) owns 26%.

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