Flint Creek Power Plant

Flint Creek Power Plant is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located west of Gentry, Arkansas in Benton County, Arkansas.

Flint Creek Power Plant
Country	USA
Location	Round Prairie Township, Benton County, near Gentry, Arkansas
Coordinates	36°15′20″N 94°31′22″W
Status	Operational
Commission date	1978
Owners	50% SWEPCO/AEP and 50% Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Powder River Basin Coal
Cooling source	Little Flint Creek Reservoir
Power generation
Units operational	1
Nameplate capacity	528 MW

The lone unit uses coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via Kansas City Southern Railway. The output is owned jointly half and half by SWEPCO/AEP and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.^[1]

As part of the project, SWEPCO constructed a 100’ high dam on Little Flint Creek to create a reservoir to provide cooling water to the plant.^[2] The reservoir, known as Lake Flint Creek or SWEPCO Lake, provides fishing opportunities and is open to the public.^[3]

Units

Unit	Capacity	Commissioning	Notes
1	528 MW (Coal)[4]	1978

See also

• United States portal
• Energy portal

• List of power stations in Arkansas
• Global warming
• List of coal-fired power station in the United States