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Pequea Creek Restoration Gets Boost From PPL’s Holtwood Hydroelectric Plant
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PPL’s Holtwood hydroelectric plant this week announced a partnership with the Paradise Sportsman’s Association to fund and construct the restoration of a portion of the Pequea Creek in Paradise and Leacock townships in Lancaster County, Pa.
“PPL’s Holtwood plant has generated clean, renewable energy for a century,” said Dennis Murphy, vice president of PPL Generation. “Part of our commitment in operating the Holtwood plant is acting as a steward of natural resources, including the Pequea Creek, Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay watersheds. As part of the project we are undertaking to increase renewable energy generation at Holtwood, PPL has agreed to support this important project that will preserve and enhance this aquatic habitat for future generations.”
In February 2007, the Paradise Sportsman’s Association received a $77,500 Growing Greener Grant from the Lancaster County Growing Greener Initiative. PPL’s donation will provide the remainder of the funding for the project, which is expected to cost a total of $327,500. PPL also assisted in the design of the project and will provide construction administration and oversight in consultation with the Paradise Sportsman’s Association.
To enhance a 3,200-foot area along the Pequea Creek that has been affected by agricultural activities, the restoration project will improve the aquatic habitat, create fish enhancement structures, stabilize the banks, install stream bank fencing with two cattle crossings, and plant native, riparian vegetation to decrease the impact of erosion and sedimentation in the creek.
The restoration project will be conducted under the guidance of the Department of Environmental Protection.
PPL is beginning work on a project to more than double the generation of clean, renewable energy and improve migratory fish passage at the 100-year-old Holtwood hydroelectric plant.
The expansion project, with an estimated cost of $434 million, will add enough renewable energy to power 100,000 typical homes. In addition, in approving PPL’s expansion request, FERC has extended the existing operating license for the Holtwood hydroelectric plant through August 2030.
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3/29/2010 |
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