Second Large NGCC Plant Wins Permits from Pennsylvania Regulators

SUGAR LAND--September 6, 2013--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) this summer issued environmental permits for the Hickory Run Power Station, a $750 million, 900-megawatt (MW) project being developed by a unit of LS Power LLC (New York, New York). The plant is scheduled to be built in Lawrence County on the site of a former explosives factory that has been vacant for 50 years. Hickory Run is the second large gas-fired grassroot power project to be permitted by the state.