Cooling water for the power station was drawn from Corio Bay and most of the power generated was used by local industry.
 
The boilers were automatically controlled producing 110,000 pounds of steam p/h at 625 psi. Fuel was moved by belt bucket and scraper conveyors to the fuel bunkers, then delivered to the boilers by mechanical spreader stokers.  From 1960 better quality coal was purchased from a mine at Anglesea (The Anglesea mine is now used to fuel the adjacent Anglesea Power Station that opened in 1969).

By the 1960's the power station was only used to meet peak loads due to the high operating cost, and the station was closed in 1970 when newer power stations were opened in the Latrobe Valley.

The BP Power station is now called The Powerhouse Geelong and is an industrial street art space.