Nucor Steel Seattle
Large load · 2424 SOUTHWEST ANDOVER STREET, Seattle, WA
Nucor Steel Seattle operates an electric arc furnace steel mill at 2424 SW Andover Street in Seattle that makes rebar and merchant bar from recycled scrap. Seattle City Light, its electricity supplier, calls Nucor its largest customer, and the mill consumed more than 377 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2013 according to City Light.
Overview
The mill holds scrap metal and operates an EAF steel mill that makes steel rebar and merchant bar products. Rebar accounts for about 80% of shipments. The mill has the flexibility to produce 1.1 million tons of steel each year. The footprint of the mill is 45 acres.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Seattle City Light entered an energy conservation contract with its largest customer, Nucor Steel. The company consumed more than 377 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2013, according to City Light. A 2013 City Light presentation described a 1.1 MW capacity waste-heat generator at the mill, a generation proposal rather than mill load. That proposal could produce a maximum of 5,450 MWh per year. The City Light agreement includes a 2 cents per kilowatt-hour incentive over the 12-year term of the contract.
- Permits
- Puget Sound Clean Air Agency lists Air Operating Permit 10281 for Nucor Steel, issued October 29, 2015 with an administrative amendment on February 14, 2024.
Facility
- Activity
- EAF steel mill making rebar and merchant bar
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- Air Operating Permit 10281
- Agreement
- 2 cents per kilowatt-hour incentive over the 12-year term
Related records
Timeline
- Dec 1, 2002
- Nucor acquires Birmingham Steel, adding the Seattle mill
Nucor | History of North America's Largest Steel Manufacturer
- Feb 4, 2013
- Seattle City Light and Nucor agree on a waste-heat energy project
Seattle City Light and Nucor Enter Innovative Agreement for Energy Savings - Powerlines