May 1, 2023

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Excerpt:

Almost a year to the day after its last existential decision, Homer City Generation announced it will retire its coal units in Indiana County over the next three months.

The state’s largest coal-fired power plant had considered deactivating some or all of its three coal units last spring, but then decided to stick with full operations after all.

It announced on Monday that it plans to be offline by June 2.

Then, as now, the company cited economic pressures — competition from cheap natural gas, power and coal prices, the cost of running the facility and complying with environmental regulations.

Read here: Homer City coal plant, the largest in Pennsylvania, will close by June