Talen Energy Archives http://www.powermag.com/tag/talen-energy/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:15:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg Talen Energy Archives http://www.powermag.com/tag/talen-energy/ 32 32 Winter Reliability Concerns Spur Fresh DOE Intervention for PJM, MISO https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/ https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:11:53 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245668 The Department of Energy (DOE) extended its run of federal grid interventions into winter over the past week, issuing a Section 202(c) emergency order on Nov. 18 for Consumers Energy’s 1,420-MW J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan and another on Nov. 25 for Constellation’s 760-MW Eddystone Units 3 and 4 in southeastern Pennsylvania in a […]

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Eddystone Generating Station, located just south of Philadelphia on the Delaware River, is a six-unit, 820-MW facility owned and operated by Constellation Energy. Units 3 and 4—commissioned between 1967 and 1970—are dual-fuel steam turbine units capable of burning natural gas or oil, providing critical flexibility during fuel supply or pricing disruptions. Courtesy: Constellation Energy

]]> https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/feed/ 0 DOE’s Fifth Emergency Order—for PJM—Caps Summer of Escalating Grid Risk https://www.powermag.com/does-fifth-emergency-order-for-pjm-caps-summer-of-escalating-grid-risk/ https://www.powermag.com/does-fifth-emergency-order-for-pjm-caps-summer-of-escalating-grid-risk/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:21:30 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=238664 The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its fifth 202(c) emergency order this year, directing PJM Interconnection to override environmental limits and dispatch an oil-fired power generating unit in Maryland strictly as needed to avert possible blackouts in the Baltimore region. The July 28 order, issued under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, authorizes […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/does-fifth-emergency-order-for-pjm-caps-summer-of-escalating-grid-risk/feed/ 0 PPL, Blackstone Launch Major Gas-Fired Generation Venture Targeting Data Center Surge in Pennsylvania https://www.powermag.com/ppl-blackstone-launch-major-gas-fired-generation-venture-targeting-data-center-surge-in-pennsylvania/ https://www.powermag.com/ppl-blackstone-launch-major-gas-fired-generation-venture-targeting-data-center-surge-in-pennsylvania/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:38:33 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=237753 PPL Corp. and investment giant Blackstone Infrastructure have formed a joint venture to build, own, and operate natural gas combined-cycle generation plants in Pennsylvania specifically designed to serve data center loads through long-term energy service agreements (ESAs). The partnership, unveiled at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh on July 15, represents a strategic […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/ppl-blackstone-launch-major-gas-fired-generation-venture-targeting-data-center-surge-in-pennsylvania/feed/ 0 Talen, Amazon Launch $18B Nuclear PPA—A Grid-Connected IPP Model for the Data Center Era https://www.powermag.com/talen-amazon-launch-18b-nuclear-ppa-a-grid-connected-ipp-model-for-the-data-center-era/ https://www.powermag.com/talen-amazon-launch-18b-nuclear-ppa-a-grid-connected-ipp-model-for-the-data-center-era/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:56:39 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=235312 Talen Energy has restructured and significantly expanded its nuclear energy agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), finalizing a 17-year, $18 billion power purchase agreement (PPA) that will supply up to 1,920 MW of carbon-free electricity from the 2.5-GW Susquehanna nuclear plant to Amazon’s data centers across Pennsylvania. The deal, announced on June 11, restructures a […]

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Susquehanna Steam Electric Station in Salem Township, Pennsylvania, is a two-unit, 2,476-MW nuclear plant operated by Susquehanna Nuclear LLC, a subsidiary of Talen Energy, which owns 90% of the facility; Allegheny Electric Cooperative holds the remaining 10%. A PJM market participant in the PPL/MAAC zone, the plant has supplied reliable, carbon-free power since 1983. Courtesy: Talen Energy

]]> https://www.powermag.com/talen-amazon-launch-18b-nuclear-ppa-a-grid-connected-ipp-model-for-the-data-center-era/feed/ 0 Natural Gas, Energy Storage at Heart of New Group’s Data Center Power Concept https://www.powermag.com/natural-gas-energy-storage-at-heart-of-new-groups-data-center-power-concept/ https://www.powermag.com/natural-gas-energy-storage-at-heart-of-new-groups-data-center-power-concept/#respond Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:05:26 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=234745 A startup company led by former executives with major technology and energy groups is betting on the use of natural gas and battery energy storage to provide data centers with on-site power, freeing those sites from reliance on the traditional power grid.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/natural-gas-energy-storage-at-heart-of-new-groups-data-center-power-concept/feed/ 0 Data Center Hysteria: How the Power Industry Is Accommodating the Boom https://www.powermag.com/data-center-hysteria-how-the-power-industry-is-accommodating-the-boom/ https://www.powermag.com/data-center-hysteria-how-the-power-industry-is-accommodating-the-boom/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:04:15 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=225508 Everywhere you turn these days people are talking about data centers and the enormous amount of electrical power they are expected to demand as artificial intelligence (AI) platforms scale up and become more

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/data-center-hysteria-how-the-power-industry-is-accommodating-the-boom/feed/ 0 Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI https://www.powermag.com/microsoft-would-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/ https://www.powermag.com/microsoft-would-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:06:16 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=223373 Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use nuclear power to provide electricity for energy-intensive data centers and support the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The agreement announced September 20, if approved by regulators, would allow Microsoft […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/microsoft-would-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/feed/ 0 Making the Case for U.S. Nuclear Power https://www.powermag.com/blog/making-the-case-for-u-s-nuclear-power/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/making-the-case-for-u-s-nuclear-power/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:06:40 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=blog&p=221470 We serve as elected utility regulators in Georgia and Arizona. Our states are thriving. Economic opportunities abound. And we need more energy. Both of our states have nuclear reactors, and there is public support to build more of them—if the right deal can be made. But it is not just Georgia and Arizona. Many states […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blog/making-the-case-for-u-s-nuclear-power/feed/ 0 AWS Acquiring Data Center Campus Powered by Nuclear Energy https://www.powermag.com/aws-acquiring-data-center-campus-powered-by-nuclear-energy/ https://www.powermag.com/aws-acquiring-data-center-campus-powered-by-nuclear-energy/#respond Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:11:06 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=216251 Talen Energy Corp. said the company has sold its Cumulus data center campus, located near a Pennsylvania nuclear power station that provides the site with its power, to Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to a Talen investor presentation. Talen owns the nuclear power plant, the 2.5-GW Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, in Luzerne County. Talen’s investor […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/aws-acquiring-data-center-campus-powered-by-nuclear-energy/feed/ 0 PJM Urges Delayed Retirement of 840-MW Fossil Fuel Power Plant, Citing Reliability Impacts https://www.powermag.com/pjm-urges-delayed-retirement-of-840-mw-fossil-fuel-power-plant-citing-reliability-impacts/ https://www.powermag.com/pjm-urges-delayed-retirement-of-840-mw-fossil-fuel-power-plant-citing-reliability-impacts/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:17:22 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=213795 PJM has urged Talen Energy to delay its deactivation of two of four units at the 840-MW coal, oil, and gas–fired Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station in Maryland until transmission upgrades are put into service around 2028. The nation’s largest regional transmission organization (RTO) on Jan. 10 said it informed Talen that the deactivation of […]

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The H.A. Wagner Power Plant, located outside Baltimore, MD, is fueled by coal, natural gas, and oil. It includes an approximately 13-megawatt gas turbine unit, which can serve as a peaking unit. Unit 3 will convert to run on oil by the end of 2023. Courtesy: Talen Energy

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