Dive Summary:

• To reduce emissions and keep the 1960s Crystal River nuclear and coal plant complex in Florida alive and kicking, Duke Energy is seeking an air permit to use a new coal blend instead of retiring coal units 1 and 2, producing 840 megawatts of electricity.
• "We're looking to see if we can burn an alternative source of coal that has a reduced emissions... so we don't have to put scrubbers on the two units," said Sterling Ivey, a Duke spokesman. Crystal River was shut down in February after an unsuccessful maintenance and upgrade plan outgrew its budget.
• The coal blend will allow Duke to run the units until 2018 when the utility plans to bring online a 1,189 megawatt natural gas plant.

From the article:
“Without the two older coal units and the nearly 900 megawatt nuclear reactor, Duke will lose more than half of the power produced at the Crystal River complex, the nation's seventh largest generating station. The complex includes two other coal plants that have been updated with emission control devices often referred to as scrubbers.”