| J. Robert Welsh Power Plant | |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Titus County, Texas, near Pittsburg, Texas |
| Coordinates: | 33.055°N -94.8394°W |
| Owner: | SWEPCO/AEP |
| Status: | O |
| Th Fuel Primary: | Powder River Basin sub-bituminous coal |
| Ps Cooling Source: | Welsh Reservoir |
| Ps Units Operational: | 2 |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 1,056 MW |
| Commissioned: | Unit 1: 1977 Unit 2: 1980 Unit 3: 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | Unit 2: 2016 |
J. Robert Welsh Power Plant is a 1-gigawatt (1,056 MW), coal power plant located east of Pittsburg, Texas in Titus County, Texas. It is operated by SWEPCO, a subsidiary of AEP. The plant is named after J. Robert Welsh, a former President and Board Chairman of SWEPCO.[1]
Welsh Power Plant had three units constructed: Unit 1 began operations in 1977, Unit 2 began operations in 1980, and Unit 3 began operations in 1982. All three units were installed with boilers from Babcock & Wilcox and turbines from Westinghouse. Combined, the three units had an operating capacity of 1,674 MW.[2]
In 2012, AEP announced they were reducing output at Unit 2 to coincide with the commencement of commercial operations at John W. Turk Jr. Coal Plant in Arkansas.[3] Unit 2 was officially decommissioned in April 2016 as a part of a major retrofitting project to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for Units 1 and 3.[4] It is currently scheduled to stop burning coal in 2028.[5]
The remaining two units use sub-bituminous coal mined from the Powder River Basin shipped via rail.
Close to it, there is Welsh HVDC Converter Station, a back-to-back HVDC station.[6]