Beech Hollow Energy Project

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Beech Hollow Rd.
Robinson, PA
United States of America

Latitude: 40.41526

Longitude: -80.299687

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Notes

2014: state permits expired at end of 2012, no further activity mentioned in PA Bulletin as of 8/31/2014. After beginning construction in 2006, the Robinson Power Company let construction lapse, invalidating the Beech Hollow Energy Project air permit. If developers of the Beech Hollow plant reapply, they will need to alter the project plans to meet improved air quality standards passed since the application was first filed in 2005. In 2008 the Environmental Integrity Project and the Sierra Club brought a lawsuit against Robinson Power Company to meet federal and state pollution standards. Robinson Power Company had planned to fuel the plant by burning the 37 million ton pile of waste-coal (the Champion Processing Inc. refuse pile) beside the proposed plant. located in a Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) $400 million price tag initially

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Environmental Justice Analysis

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian			0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%	1.6%	4.2%	4.2%
Black	1.8%	1.8%	1.7%	2.4%	8.4%
Hispanic	1.2%	1.2%	2.0%	2.4%	2.6%
White	92.8%	92.8%	90.8%	86.8%	80.2%

Population	1,093	1,093	10k	46k	980k
Income	$56k				$61k

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GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Sierra Club		Interested
Residents Against the Power Plant		Interested
Environmental Integrity Project		Interested
Act for Change Today		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Robinson Power Company LLC	Developer	0%

PEOPLE

Person		Interest
Lisa Graves-Marcucci		Active
Jo Post		Active
Barb Hatch		Active

LINK

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Controversial Washington County power plant gets OK 9/12/2006
Beech Hollow Energy Project Coal Swarm
Move PA Beyond Coal Sierra Club
Team 4 Investigates Power Plant Danger The Pittsburgh Channel (ABC 4)
Allegheny Sierra Club Sept. 2009
Delay in Construction Leads DEP to Invalidate Beech Hollow Air Quality Plan�s Approval 1/20/2010
Power plant debates end in Robinson, Washington County 1/12/2012 "A 150-gross-megawatt plant fired by waste coal and a 150-gross-megawatt plant fueled by processed natural gas are planned on 37 acres bounded by Routes 22 and 980 and Candor and Beech Hollow roads"
Robinson Power to seek new technology for energy plant 12/28/2012 "will let environmental permits expire on Dec. 31, then seek a more efficient operating technology and refile for a permit in January or February"
DEP permit withdrawal finalized 9/29/2021 "In accordance with your request, the Department hereby terminates all authorizations associated with PA-63-00922D."

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Power	Type	Status	Fuel
148 MW	Burner: Internal Combustion Engine - Combined Cycle	Withdrawn
150 MW	Burner: Fluidized Bed - Circulating	Withdrawn
	Burner: Internal Combustion Engine - Combined Cycle	Defeated
733 MW	Burner: Internal Combustion Engine - Combined Cycle	Defeated	Natural Gas
272 MW	Burner: Fluidized Bed - Circulating	Defeated

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