RE: (erielack) PPL Martins Creek power plant overview.. from website

["Joel Long" <joel_@_willoughbyinc.com>]

Ok.  I have to play with the satellite map and see how the tracks get there.
The plant is off of Martins Creek-Bel road after 611 split.  Joel



- -----Original Message-----
From: Carl G. Perelman [mailto:carl.perelman_@_verizon.net] 
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:40 AM
To: erielack_@_railfan.net
Subject: (erielack) PPL Martins Creek power plant overview.. from website

http://www.pplweb.com/ppl+generation/coal+plants/ppl+martins+creek/

The Martins Creek power plant has four generation units with a total
capacity of about 1,970 megawatts.

The plant is located on a 750-acre site on the Delaware River in Lower Mount
Bethel Township, Northampton County, about 15 miles north of Easton, Pa. The
plant has about 220 full-time employees (figure adjusted for seasonal
workload).

Units 1 and 2 are coal-fired, and have a generating capacity of 150
megawatts each. They began commercial operation in 1954 and 1956,
respectively. These units are scheduled to be shut down or repowered in
September 2007.

Units 3 and 4 have a generating capacity of about 835 megawatts each and can
be fueled by natural gas, oil or both. The units were built in 1974 and
1976, respectively, to burn crude or No. 6 fuel oil. In 1996, PPL modified
the units so they could burn natural gas as well.

Martins Creek is owned and operated by a subsidiary of PPL Generation. PPL
manages hiking trails upriver from the plant as part of the 215-acre Martins
Creek Environmental Preserve. Martins Creek also has a boat launch area that
is open to the public.

Adjacent to Martins Creek is PPL's Lower Mount Bethel plant, a 582-megawatt
power plant fueled by natural gas.

On Aug. 4, 1999, Martins Creek achieved "Star" certification in the U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection
Program. The plant was recertified in December 2002.

The program recognizes companies that go beyond compliance to protect worker
health and safety. The VPP Star certification is the highest safety
recognition given within the program

(from the PPL website)


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