Fisk Generating Station
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The Fisk Generating Station, located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, is a legacy coal-fired powerplant not covered by current Clean Air Act emission standards. However, Nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions are well below current state and federal EPA limits. Midwest Generation invested $12 million in installation of equipment to further reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 50% and improve air quality. Use of low sulfur coal. A 2002 Harvad School of Public Health study (Levy, J.I. et al., Atmospheric Environment) found communities near these older coal power plants showed significant health risks such as increased mortality and asthma rates. Fisk Generating Station was one of the named plants in the study, as well as the Crawford Generating Station in the Little Village neighborhood.
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