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John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant

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The John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant is a 650-megawatt ultra-supercritical coal-fired plant, located north of Fulton, Arkansas. Ultra-supercritical means that the plant operates with state of the art efficiency and improved environmental performance. OMPA owns a 43 megawatt share of the plant. The plant is operated by SWEPCO. Turk began commercial operations on December 20, 2012.