Comments on: The W.H. Sammis Power Plant: Stratton, Ohio

By: coal burner

coal burner — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:02:10 +0000

I don’t typically frequent sites of this nature (for good reason). It appears to me that more than 80 percent of the people that have posted comments are more interested in pursuing employment at Sammis Power Station than trying to put them out of business. I wish the enviros would realize that harnessing renewable resources is fine, but as some people posted you must have a base load to sustain the power grid and keep the enviros lights on. If they didn’t have lights that would be the next thing that they would grip about. If environmental wackos get what they want I ask that the last person out WV, OH, PA, and KY please turn out the lights before you leave. That the direction that the EPA is pushing the industry.

By: Gordon McCloud

Gordon McCloud — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:16:47 +0000

Looking for employment. Operate Heavy Equipment & much more. A team worker & would like an interview.

By: john thompson

john thompson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:59:39 +0000

I would really like to have a interview with your company and possible a tour even if not considered. Thank you!

By: Jim Skala

Jim Skala — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:45:20 +0000

I used to work at W. H. Sammis plant, from Feb 14, 1972 until May 13, 1977. I flew past the plant yesterday, and could hardly believe what I saw from 12,000 feet: they built a new stack on the West side of the plant! I would guess that all of the flue gas from Units 5, 6 and 7 is going up that stack, and stacks 1 to 4 are out of service. I could also hardly believe that they would spend 1100 million bucks on upgrades for units that are now 40 years old. I would guess that they shut down units 1 to 4 rather than to attempt to nurse them along for another few years – there goes 800 MW of generation. As for wind power, it won’t work without the base load coming from conventional power plants, like Sammis. I think Sammis was bagged here, because they installed a big bag house across Route 7, and still got the shaft from the EPA — and the poor stock holders took it on the chin. So now, power utilities must risk much even to build new coal fired plants — it used to be that the greatest financial risks were with building nuclear powered plants. So what happens if the utilities refuse the risks of EPA suits and shut the plants down instead of nursing them along, and refuse to build new coal fired plants due to the financial risks from EPA suits? Probable answer: we all get rolling blackouts, our standard of living as a country takes a dive, and some other branch of the government would step in and file law suits for that. Like it or not, our standard of living in this country revolves around the 50% of electrical power that is generated by coal. And no new nuclear plants will be built under the current conditions in the US. So what is the answer? The so called green power is so expensive that it cannot exist without heavy government subsidies. Nuclear is dead because the US cannot recycle spent fuel, and the US insists on a risky 2-stage licensing for nuclear plants (build it first, then see if you are allowed to operate it). Wind power might get to 10%. Oil is a portable fuel, and should never be used in stationary boilers to generate electricity. Natural gas is expensive but clean, and not plentiful enough to ever replace coal. And with the EPA suits, coal is getting more expensive.

By: Reece Tackett III

Reece Tackett III — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:34:51 +0000

I’m a Truck Driver looking to get into the Coalmining Industry. I don’t know where to start. Can you help me?

By: sean lauritzen

sean lauritzen — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:01:20 +0000

It’s bizarre to sit on the hill across from the W.H. Sammis power plant and watch barges of coal struggling north against the Ohio River current to deliver coal to burn at the Sammis plant. The plant sits next to a dam, a huge dam; with 24/7 free massive kinetic energy. Drop the Sammis turbines in the river, silly!

By: Greg Bender

Greg Bender — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:40:19 +0000

I work at the W.H. Sammis plant, and you are a tool