Location: Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 Utility: Duquesne Light Company Reactor Supplier: Westinghouse Corporation Capacity: 810 net MWe Reactor Type: Pressurized water reactor (PWR) Date of Operation: July 1976 License Expiration date: 01/29/2016 Electricity Produced in 1997: 4.0 billion kWh 1997 Average Capacity Factor: 56.3%
The Beaver Valley Power Station is a two unit power plant located in western Pennsylvania near the Ohio border. The plant was built in anticipation of increased electricity demand. The blackout in the northeastern part of the United States in 1965 was considered evidence of the need for expanded capacity.
BEAVER VALLEY 2
Location:Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 United States Utility: Duquesne Light Company Reactor Supplier: Westinghouse Corporation Capacity:833 net MWe Reactor Type: Pressurized water reactor (PWR) Date of Operation: August 1987 License Expiration date: 05/27/2027 Electricity Produced in 1997: 6.2 billion kWh 1997 Average Capacity Factor: 85.7%
The Beaver Valley Power Station is a two unit power plant located in western Pennsylvania near the Ohio border. The plant was built in anticipation of increased electricity demand. The blackout in the northeastern part of the United States in 1965 was considered evidence of the need for expanded capacity.