AMP Fremont Energy Center
The AMP Fremont Energy Center (AFEC) is a nominal 700-megawatt (MW) natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) facility in Fremont, Ohio.
Providing Reliable Power for Members in Seven States
AFEC has a capacity of 512 MW (unfired) and includes duct-firing that allows an additional 163 MW of generation during peak demand periods. AFEC consists of two combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine and condenser. The plant reached full commercial operation in January 2012.
American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) owns 90.69 percent of AFEC on behalf of 86 participating AMP Members in seven states and 4.15 percent on behalf of the Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC). The Michigan Public Power Agency owns the remaining 5.16 percent. The facility supplies power to 86 AMP Member communities as well as the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation and CVEC.
Natural Gas
In addition to AFEC, AMP uses natural gas units as distributed generation to help meet the peaking and standby resource needs of participating Member communities. Six combustion turbine units are owned by AMP and located in the Member communities of Bowling Green, Galion and Napoleon. Each site has one 15.5-MW unit and one 32-MW unit, providing approximately 142.5 MW of distributed generation capacity. The rest of the gas-turbine generating units, totaling 75 MW of capacity, are owned by the Ohio Municipal Electric Generation Agency (OMEGA) Joint Venture 2, with sites in Bowling Green and St. Marys, Ohio.
AMP generation technicians perform operations and maintenance of all units, which are simple-cycle natural gas-fired turbines.
For emission control, AMP uses two types of state-of-the-art technology: water injection technology and selective catalytic reduction, both of which reduce nitrous oxide emissions.