Former Wood River Power Plant

CTI Development a subsidiary of Commercial Liability Partners (CLP), announced the purchase of Dynegy’s retired coal-fired power plant located in East Alton, Illinois.

CLP purchased the facility and property from Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC, and with the sale of the power station. CLP is finalizing successful demolition in April of 2021. West pond remediation is well underway and is scheduled to be closed in 2022.

East pond closure is still in the planning process but hopes to get started by fall of 2021.

The Wood River Power Plant included two coal-fueled units that began operations in 1954 and 1964, respectively. The closure of the site was announced in November 2015 and the power station officially ceased operations in mid-2016. Since then the units have been successfully abated and demolished by CTI Development.

CLP is addressing the environmental needs of the site, including remediation, groundwater monitoring, abatement, decommissioning and demolition of the facility and surrounding coal ash ponds.