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20 July 2006 -- Allegheny Energy, Inc. today announced the start of vertical construction for the new 640-foot tall chimney at its Pleasants Power Station. The chimney is a portion of a $110 million environmental upgrade at the 1,300-MW, coal-fired facility in Willow Island, W.Va.

Completion of the work will eliminate more than 30,000 tons of sulfur dioxide emissions annually by sending 100 percent of the flue gases through the station's desulfurization equipment (scrubbers). The project includes installing new emissions monitoring equipment and flue gas duct systems.

In addition to reducing sulfur dioxide emissions, scrubbing all of the Pleasants' flue gases will mitigate the periodic discharge of fly ash from the existing stacks and reduce mercury emissions. Current plans call for the equipment to be in service in early 2008.

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