FirstEnergy Generation Corp., a unit of FirstEnergy Corp., has filed an application for a feasibility study with PJM Interconnection to install and interconnect to the transmission system about 800 MW of new combustion turbine peaking generation at its existing Eastlake Plant in Eastlake, Ohio, to help ensure reliable electric service in the region.
PJM is a regional transmission organization that plans and operates transmission in the region. On Jan. 26, FirstEnergy announced that its competitive generation subsidiaries will retire six older, coal-fired power plants, including the Eastlake Plant, located in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland as a result of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) and other environmental regulations.
