Westwood Generating Station

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Westwood Generating Station is an operating power station of at least 36-megawatts (MW) in Joliet, Pennsylvania, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Westwood Generating Station Joliet, Pennsylvania, United States 40.618788, -76.451047 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 40.618788, -76.451047

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 Operating coal: waste coal 36 subcritical 1987

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Rausch Creek Generation LLC [100%] RAUSCH CREEK ELECTRIC POWER HOLDINGS LLC [100.0%]

History

In 2012 Integrys sold the plant to Olympys Westwood Holdings LLC, subsidiary of Olympus Power.[1]

In 2017, Olympus Power sold the power plant to Rausch Creek, which also owns several coal mines and refuse sites in Pennsylvania[2][3]

Emissions Data

  • 2024 Gross Load (MWh): 167,090[4]
  • 2024 SO2 Mass (short tons): 265[4]
  • 2024 CO2 Mass (short tons): 351,733[4]
  • 2024 NOx Mass (short tons): 205[4]
  • 2023 Mercury emissions (Hg, lb): 0.71[5][6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "FERC approves sale of Pennsylvania coal plant to Olympus" transmissionhub.com, October 25, 2012
  2. "Pennsylvania Active Anthracite Coal Mining Permits - April 2016," dep.state.pa.us, accessed June 2020.
  3. "Olympus Power closes sale of 30-MW Pa. waste coal plant" spglobal.com, November 28, 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 EIA (2024). "Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMD)". Retrieved 2025-02-20.
  5. Clean Air and Power Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (February 2024). "Annual data 2022 vs. 2023". Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  6. Toxics Release Inventory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (October 2024). "2023 Basic Plus Data". Retrieved 2025-03-04.

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