HOMER CITY GENERATING STATION TO HOST LARGEST NATURAL GAS POWER PLANT IN U.S.

The largest natural gas power plant in the United States is coming to Indiana County.

(Photos courtesy Kiewit)

Homer City Redevelopment has announced that the facility will go in at the site of the former Homer City Generating Station.  The 4.5-gigawatt plant is expected to double the power output of the original coal facility.  It will rely on natural gas from the Marcellus Shale natural gas field that is under parts of Pennsylvania and other states.  The plant is expected to provide power to 13 states and Washington, DC through PJM and a New York Independent System Operator along with a giant AI data center campus on-site.

Andrew Shannahan with Knighthead Capital Management said the site was just a perfect fit for them.

10,000 direct on-site jobs will be created with the construction of the plant, along with approximately 1000 jobs for the plant once it opens.  Shawn Steffee, president of the South Central PA Building Trades says he is already casting the net out for potential workers.

The project’s price tag is over $10 billion, including infrastructure and site prep, but not the cost of building the data centers.  The company expects to hire 3500 construction workers to build the site.  Construction could start later this year, with the first of the seven turbines coming in sometime next year.  Power could start flowing from the plant in late 2027.

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