Safe Harbor Dam & Power Station

 island, dam, bridge, hydroelectric power station

Owner/operator : Constellation Energy Croup LLC.
Operated jointly with Safe Harbor Holdings, LLC

Unique hydroelectric facility which has two dedicated turbines for generating 25Hz current for Pennsylvania Railroad/Amtrak electrification.Built 1930 and receiving a capacity increase in the 1980's Safe Harbor dam produces 417MW of electric power.

Safe Harbor Hydroelectric Station's 12 generating units are located about 10 miles southwest of Lancaster, Pa. on the Susquehanna River. The 420-megawatt facility, which started commercial operation in 1931, employs about 85 people. PPL Holtwood LLC, a subsidiary of PPL Generation LLC, owned one-third of the facility and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. owns the remaining two-thirds.On March 9, 2011, LSP Safe Harbor Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of LS Power Group, purchased PPL Holtwood, LLC's one third ownership interest in Safe Harbor. Constellation Power Source Generation, Inc. continues to have two-third ownership interest.

The plants dam is 4,869 feet long and 75 feet high. Behind the dam is 7,360-acre Lake Clark, a popular boating and recreation area. Safe Harbor manages more than 2,300 acres of land in the area for soil, water, and wildlife habitat preservation.

x12 Hydroelectric-genating sets
= 420 MW max Total capacity

Safe Harbor, Lancaster Co., Pa.

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