Santee Cooper announces Grainger demolition schedule
Santee Cooper announced Monday that the demolition of the Grainger Generating Plant in Conway will begin the second week of May and that the work should be complete and the property covered with new grass in the summer of 2016.
The company awarded the demolition contract to National Salvage and Service Corp., which is to begin mobilizing to the site on May 4, according to a press release from Santee Cooper.
Santee Cooper announced in 2012 that it would retire the Grainger Plant, which has two coal-fired units, as well as the two coal units at its Jeffries Plant in Moncks Corner.
The Grainger Plant was constructed in 1966, but for at least several years, its use has been limited to supplying power during peak periods.
Interior equipment will be removed first, the release said, with coal conveying equipment dismantling to start in June. The exterior smokestacks are projected to be dismantled early next year.
The company is currently removing and recycling coal ash from two ash ponds on the site and that work will continue as the dismantling is underway.
Once the plant demolition is finished, Santee Cooper said the ground will be layered with soil, graded and covered with grass.
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This story was originally published April 20, 2015 at 2:37 PM with the headline "Santee Cooper announces Grainger demolition schedule."