Armstrong Power Plant
Armstrong Power Station is a coal fired thermal power station with 356 MW in Washington Township, Armstrong County along the Allegheny River across from Mahoning Creek and Templeton, Pennsylvania, about 10 miles north of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, USA whose two units went in service in 1958/1959. The chimney of Armstrong Power Station, which was built in 1982 is 308.15 metres high and cost $13 million.
The power plant was closed on September 1, 2012 by FirstEnergy Corp. which is headquartered in Akron, Ohio, along with six other plants in the tri-county grid to comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines that set new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) and other environmental and air quality requirements. The decision was made not to invest in some of the smaller plants considering it would be quite expensive to install a scrubber and other air pollution control upgrades to keep the plant in operation. Larger plants in Pennsylvania had several hundred million dollars invested in them so they can continue operation. The coal industry related regulations have affected many jobs in Armstrong County, PA such as coal truck drivers, railroad operators, and local machine shops that service equipment. The other five coal power plants that closed include: Bay Shore Plant, Units 2-4 in Oregon, Ohio; Eastlake Power Plant in Eastlake, Ohio; Ashtabula Plant in Ashtabula, Ohio; Lake Shore Plant in Cleveland, Ohio; and the R. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport, Maryland.
The facility is owned by Allegheny Energy Supply.
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Coordinates: 40°55′43″N 79°27′53″W / 40.928611°N 79.464722°W