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PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant to Close June 1

The cooling towers at Homer City Generating Station, 2008.
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The cooling towers at Homer City Generating Station, 2008.

The state’s largest coal-fired power plant is closing. The owner of Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County says it will decommission the plant by July 1. For StateImpact Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports.

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(Original air-date: 4/19/23)

Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets.