Sucat Thermal Power Plant

Sucat Thermal Power Plant
The Sucat Thermal Power Plant in 2015
Location of Sucat Thermal Power Plant in Metro Manila
Country	Philippines
Location	Muntinlupa
Coordinates	14°26′51″N 121°3′7″E / 14.44750°N 121.05194°E / 14.44750; 121.05194Coordinates: 14°26′51″N 121°3′7″E / 14.44750°N 121.05194°E / 14.44750; 121.05194
Status	Decommissioned
Commission date	1968
Decommission date	2002
Owner(s)	National Power Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Oil
Power generation
Units decommissioned	4
Nameplate capacity	850 MW

Sucat Thermal Power Plant was an oil-fired steam turbine plant in Muntinlupa commissioned in 1968.^[1] The plant was fully decommissioned in 2002. The land occupied by the facility is planned to be auctioned by the government to private bidders in late 2015 or early 2016 on conditions that the property will be kept as a power-generation site. Rehabilitation of the facility was previously considered but such plans were dropped after it was deemed too costly to recommission the plant compared to constructing a new one in its place and the facility is already flooded.^[2][3]

History

Known formerly as the Gardner Snyder Thermal Plant, the Sucat Thermal Power Plant was commissioned in August 1, 1968 upon the completion of Unit 1 of the facility. Additional units were built in 1970, 1971 and 1972. On November 1978, the National Power Corporation acquired the facility from Meralco.^[4]

In January 2000, Unit 1 and 4 was decommissioned but was preserved. Unit 2 and 3 were later decommissioned at a later time in January 2002.^[4] The Sucat Thermal Power Plant was decommissioned due to its emissions exceeding the limits set by the Clean Air Act.^[5]

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