May 2, 2025 Update

Turtle Creek Station is moving further into the commissioning effort in preparation for operation. As a duel-fueled plant, a major milestone for the plant will take place as early as May 2 with what’s known as “first fire” on fuel oil for Unit 2. The exact date and time first fire on Unit 2 on fuel oil will take place has some fluidity, with many moving pieces that should take place prior to first fire. Unit 1 completed first fire on fuel oil on Jan. 30.

Close neighbors or passersby may see some visible emissions coming out of the stack exhaust at the plant during this time. As the generating units are tested and tuned, exhaust will become much less noticeable until it dissipates.

Following first fire, testing and tuning will continue on the unit over the next several weeks. Neighbors may hear or see new things happening, such as smoke or exhaust, or an increased amount of noises coming from the plant. As the turbines are tested and tuned at the varying operating loads, exhaust should become much less noticeable.

We are excited about this next big step as we grow and diversify our generation resources to keep reliable, resilient power flowing to our customers. The plant is expected to be complete and ready to start generating electricity commercially by the second quarter of 2025.