Boilers no longer standing
With a boom felt throughout the city, the remaining Monticello Power Plant boilers have now been demolished. Tri Lakes Volunteer Fire Department and the Mount Pleasant Fire Department were on scene as boilers 1 and 2 were imploded around 8 a.m. on Thursday.
In 2017, Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy, announced the closure of the plant, which had been up and running since 1978. C...