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Upgrades in progress at Stockton Power Plant

Published March 15, 2013
The original turbine at the Stockton Lake Power Plant is installed in the early 1970s. Significant activity will occur in the area of the plant in the spring of 2013 when it is removed and placed on permanent display near the Power Plant switchyard.

The original turbine at the Stockton Lake Power Plant is installed in the early 1970s. Significant activity will occur in the area of the plant in the spring of 2013 when it is removed and placed on permanent display near the Power Plant switchyard.

The original turbine at the Stockton Lake Power Plant is installed in the early 1970s. Significant activity will occur in the area of the plant in the spring of 2013 when it is removed and placed on permanent display near the Power Plant switchyard.

The original turbine at the Stockton Lake Power Plant is installed in the early 1970s. Significant activity will occur in the area of the plant in the spring of 2013 when it is removed and placed on permanent display near the Power Plant switchyard.

STOCKTON, Mo.— Upgrades to the Stockton Power Plant operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have caused a scheduled plant outage since Feb. 12, 2013, for major equipment rehabilitation.

The upgrades, expected to be completed by the spring 2014, will keep the plant in operation for another 50-plus years.

Upgrades include the replacement of the 50-megawatt turbine runner, hydraulic governor, excitation system, emergency diesel generator, and refurbishing the generator rotor and stator winding. 

During the plant outage, the public may note occasional roadway and area closures around Stockton Lake Dam. The Corps will be maintaining the normal low flow release rate of 40-cubic-feet-per-second for downstream fish and wildlife purposes. Additional releases from Stockton Lake will be dependent on flood conditions during that period. 

Significant activity will occur in the area of the plant in the spring of 2013 when the existing turbine runner will be removed from the plant and placed on permanent display near the Power Plant switchyard.

“The new runner is scheduled to arrive from Pennsylvania to Springfield, Mo., via rail later this summer,” said Robin Wankum, project manager for the Corps’ Kansas City District. “A 19-axle trailer will transport the runner for its final destination in Stockton via Highway 13 and Highway 32.”

After 40 years of service and almost two billion kilowatt hours of energy production for the Southwestern Power Administration, Stockton Power Plant is undergoing final equipment upgrades, initiated in 2009 with the receipt of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at the time of a runner blade failure. 

For more information, contact the Public Affairs Office at (816) 389-3485.


Release no. PA-2013-18