Montour County

In November of 2020, MDN told you about a deal Talen Energy cut with the odious Sierra Club, signing a pledge to convert several coal-fired power plants to use natural gas in both Maryland and Pennsylvania (see Talen Energy Dumping Coal, Converting Elec Plants to Gas in PA, MD). The Clubbers promised to stop suing Talen in return for converting the plants from coal to gas. In February 2022, we told you that Talen had made a little bit of progress with converting its Washingtonville (Montour County), PA plant by clearing a path for a new gas pipeline (see Talen Energy Works on Converting Montour, PA Power from Coal to Gas). We had not heard anything further–until now. Yesterday Talen issued its quarterly update and mentioned that the 1.5 GW Montour coal-to-gas conversion is nearly complete!
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In November of 2020 MDN told you about a deal Talen Energy cut with the odious Sierra Club, signing a pledge to convert several coal-fired power plants to use natural gas in both Maryland and in Pennsylvania (see Talen Energy Dumping Coal, Converting Elec Plants to Gas in PA, MD). In return for converting the plants from coal to gas, the Clubbers promised to stop suing Talen (we’ll see how long that lasts!). Talen has made a little bit of progress with converting its Washingtonville (Montour County), PA plant.
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In June Talen Energy announced that one of its coal-burning electric generating plants, located in Montour County, PA, will get an upgrade to burn natural gas in addition to burning coal (see Talen Energy Converting Moutour, PA Plant to Burn Coal AND NatGas). The Montour Power Plant went online in 1972/73 and generates 1,504 megawatts of electricity. The $70 million upgrade planned by Talen (requiring a 15-mile pipeline) will continue to produce the same amount of electricity, but will give the plant the option to power it with either natgas or coal, depending on which is cheaper. However, those plans are now on hold. Talen has just announced it will not, for now, move forward with the upgrade. Why? Talen says it wants to evaluate the results of a similar project already completed in York County, PA before moving forward with the project in Montour County…
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