It's said that pioneers take the arrows. In the case of Springerville Unit 3- a 418-MW (net) expansion of a Tucson Electric Power facility in Arizona and the first pulverized coal-fired unit built in the U.S. in more than a decade-the arrows were many. Although Tri-State (the developer), Tucson Electric (the host), and Bechtel Power (the EPC contractor) were wounded by delayed deliveries of major equipment, bankruptcy of a major supplier, and a labor shortage, the companies showed their pioneering spirit and completed the project ahead of schedule. For ushering a new generation of clean and desperately needed baseload capacity, Springerville Unit 3 is POWER magazine's 2006 Plant of the Year.