Fire damage to Grand River Dam Authority plant could hit $200 million

Damage from a July 1 fire at the Grand River Dam Authority’s main generating facility in Chouteau could reach $200 million, officials with the state-owned utility said Thursday.

GRDA spokesman Justin Alberty said the total cost of the fire is expected to be $85 million to $200 million, depending largely on the cost to rebuild the larger of the two coal-fired units affected.

“The turbine is the question,” Alberty said. “We’re still looking through that.”

GRDA recently completed an $86 million environmental upgrade to the 30-year-old plant, known as Unit 2.

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