Homer City Generating Station

 power station, coal-fired

Owner/Operator : Edison Mission Energy LLC.

2-GW coal-burning power station near Homer City, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is owned by Edison International and operated by its subsidiary Midwest Generation.

Unit 3' has a 371 metre (1,217 ft.) tall chimney, which was built in 1977. This chimney is currently the third tallest chimney in the world, and the tallest in the United States. On clear days, it is possible to spot the chimney from as far south as Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

The station operates as a merchant plant whose energy and capacity are sold primarily to customers in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland (PJM) Power Pool. The station can also provide power to the New York Power Pool. Homer City generates enough electricity at full load to meet the needs of about 2 million households.

x3 Coal Fired (sub-bit) Gen Sets (since 1969)
= 1,884 MW max Total Gen. capacity

1750 Power Plant Road, Homer City, PA 15748

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