H. R. Milner Generating Station
Encyclopedia
H. R. Milner Generating Station is a coal fired station
owned by Milner Power Inc., located near Grande Cache, Alberta
, Canada
. Fuel is provided by the nearby coal mine. The plant was first build by Canadian Utilities
; then owned by ATCO Power
from 2000-2004. The plant is named after H. R. Milner
a former executive with Canadian Utilities.
Fossil fuel power plant
A fossil-fuel power station is a power station that burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum to produce electricity. Central station fossil-fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation...
owned by Milner Power Inc., located near Grande Cache, Alberta
Grande Cache, Alberta
Grande Cache is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada, located northwest of Hinton and west of Edmonton. It is located in the Municipal District of Greenview, between Highway 40 and the Smoky River, at the northern border of Alberta's Rockies...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Fuel is provided by the nearby coal mine. The plant was first build by Canadian Utilities
Canadian Utilities
Canadian Utilities Limited is a member of the ATCO Group of companies. Canadian Utilities Limited is a Canada-based worldwide organization of companies with assets of approximately $7.3 billion and more than 6,500 employees, actively engaged in three main business divisions: Power Generation,...
; then owned by ATCO Power
ATCO
ATCO Ltd. is an Alberta based corporation with more than 7,000 employees operating across three main business divisions: Power Generation; Utilities and Global Enterprises, with companies active in industrial manufacturing, technology, logistics and energy services.ATCO Ltd...
from 2000-2004. The plant is named after H. R. Milner
H. R. Milner
Horatio Ray Milner, CC, QC was a lawyer and businessman.Milner was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, the son of lawyer, newspaper publisher and historian William Cochrane Milner. His higher education was at Halifax, Nova Scotia where he graduated from Dalhousie University law school in 1911,...
a former executive with Canadian Utilities.