FirstEnergy Corp. asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval to sell 11 hydroelectric power stations in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia to Harbor Hydro Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of LS Power Equity Partners II, LP.
The hydro projects, totaling 527 MW, represent less than 3% of FirstEnergy’s total generation. They are:
- Seneca Pumped Storage (451 MW) in Warren, Pa.;
- Allegheny Lock & Dam 5 (6 MW) in Schenley, Pa., and Allegheny Lock & Dam 6 (7 MW) in Ford City, Pa.;
- Lake Lynn (52 MW) in Lake Lynn, Pa.;
- Millville (3 MW) in Millville, W. Va.;
- Dam 4 (2 MW) in Shepherdstown, W. Va., and Dam 5 (1.2 MW) in Falling Waters, W.Va.;
- Warren (750 kW) in Front Royal, Va.;
- Luray (1.6 MW) in Luray, Va.; and
- Shenandoah and Newport (860 kW and 1.4 MW, respectively) in Shenandoah, Va.
The company announced in February plans to sell up to 1,180 MW of hydroelectric generation acquired in the company’s merger with Allegheny Energy. But a FirstEnergy spokeswoman told RTO Insider the company is not “actively seeking” buyers for its remaining hydro assets: Allegheny Generating Co.’s 1,200 MW of the 3,000 MW Bath County Pumped-Storage Hydro facility in Warm Springs, Va., and Jersey Central Power & Light’s 200 MW of the 400 MW Yards Creek Pumped-Storage Hydro facility in Blairstown, N.J.
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