Conemaugh Generating Station has 27 groundwater monitoring wells, 24 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between January 03, 2011 and October 21, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of manganese, sulfate, cobalt, cadmium and radium.
Site descriptionConemaugh Generating Station is a 1,763-MW coal-fired power plant located in New Florence, Pennsylvania on the Conemaugh River in Westmoreland County. The facility was first operational in 1970 and is scheduled to be retired by the end of 2028. Conemaugh Power Plant is operated by a subsidiary of NRG and is jointly owned by six companies including NRG, Duquesne Power and Light, Exelon, PPL, PSEG, and UGI. In 2011 and 2012, the operators of the plant at the time settled lawsuits with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and environmental groups related to illegal discharges of contaminated wastewater to the Conemaugh River. The Conemaugh Ash Filter Pond and Ash Disposal Site are both regulated under the CCR rule. You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information on Conemaugh Generating Station, see EIP’s 2019 National Coal Ash Report.