Cheswick Generating Station will close in September, according to its owner, GenOn Holdings, LLC. The 565-megawatt plant can no longer compete in today's electricity marketplace and under current environmental rules, the company said.
Barbara Szalai wasn’t worried about moving upriver from a coal plant. Then sticky black dust started coating her home, and the headaches and allergies began.
For almost 50 years, the Cheswick Generating Station, a few miles upriver from Pittsburgh, has powered homes in Pennsylvania and beyond. It's also a key source of pollution in a region that has some of the dirtiest air in the nation.
