Portland

194 MW

Address

5027 River Road
Upper Mount Bethel Township, PA 18351
United States

Latitude: 40.90958

Longitude: -75.07865

Year Opened: 1958

Water Source: Delaware River

Notes

Scheduled to close in June 2014.
Conversion to natural gas might be considered.

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Data Sources

EIA 2008
Coal Swarm
Sierra Club: Stopping the Coal Rush
EPA Industrial Boilers
EIA 2012 Form 860
EIA 2014 Form 860

Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	1.9%	1.6%	1.6%	3.2%
Black	5.2%	0.7%	2.4%	3.4%	8.2%
Hispanic	7.6%	5.4%	6.2%	8.0%	12.8%
White	82.0%	88.1%	85.4%	83.3%	72.0%

Population	2,099	1,222	8,132	34k	418k
Income	$72k			$83k	$73k

CORPORATIONS

Name	Relation	Ownership
Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic PH LLC	Owner	100%

GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Citizens Elect Alternative Safe Energy		Interested

LINKS

Link
Bulk of Portland Generating Station to close by June 1 4/8/2014 Morning Call news
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/slate-belt/index.ssf/2013/05/portland_generating_station_to.html 5/15/2013 "The generating units will go offline in June 2014, NRG Energy spokesman Dave Gaier said."
Quit Coal - Portland Generating Station
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