Marcus Hook Power Station

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Owner/operator : Florida Power & Light (FPL) Energy LLC.
Situated in Sonoco Inc.'s Marcus Hook Oil refinery

Two power plants located south of Philadelphia in Marcus Hook, Pa., within the Sunoco Marcus Hook Refinery » Both owned and operated by a subsidiary of NextEra™ Energy Resources » A 744-megawatt combined-cycle, cogeneration, natural-gas fired power plant that began commercial operation in 2004 » An intermediate plant, meaning it is dispatched to operate approximately 16 hours a day

There is also a 50-megawatt natural gas-fired, co-generation unit that began operation in 1987 and was acquired by NextEra™ Energy Resources in 1999 » When operating at full power, the plants generate enough electricity for almost 800,000 homes

x4 Nat Gas Fired (Combined Cycl. Comb. Turb.) Gen sets
= 837 MW max Total Gen. capacity

Chester, Delaware Co., Pa,

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