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SALEM TWP. Talen should know in a month or two whether it can save the coal-powered Montour Power Plant in Washingtonville, the company CEO said Thursday. Ralph Alexander explained by then, the company should know if it can get the $150 million in financing it needs to convert the coal plant to natural gas. “We want to be a force for good,” he said. Converting coal plants to
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Jim Gallagher of Danville paddles his kayak across the calm surface of Lake Chillisquaque, White Hall, Pa., while heading back to shore following sundown Wednesday evening, Nov. 5, 2008. Gallagher heads to the lake about three times a week because he enjoys listening and watching the different types of water fowl. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)
The owners of the Montour Power Plant signed a settlement agreement with a clean water organization last week which pledges to close a coal ash waste disposal site and donate a 165-acre lake, 640-acre nature preserve and $1.2 million to conservation efforts.
Changes coming to the Montour Power Plant
As the Montour Power Plant transitions from coal to gas, its efforts are being made to help preserve the land surrounding it. Author: Nikki Krize Updated: 6:26 PM EST March 3, 2021
WASHINGTONVILLE, Pa. The Montour Area Recreation Commission estimates that around 90,000 people visited the Montour Preserve last year.
That includes Debbie Kingland and her family from Bloomsburg. Love the trails and the birds and the lake here. It s just so tranquil and a nice place to get her outside, Kingland said.
Talen Energy has owned the Montour Preserve and the Montour Steam Electric Station power plant since 2015 and is in the process of phasing out the coal-fired plant.