Expansion Project
In 2008, PPL announced plans to expand the plant with a second powerhouse.
PPL received the approval to add the second powerhouse in November 2009 from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Expansion of the plant started in 2010. Preliminary construction began in January 2010, with full construction beginning in April 2010. The project is scheduled for a spring 2013 completion date. The second powerhouse is expected to add 125 MW of additional capacity.
One worker has already been killed during construction of the second powerhouse. Bruce Hardy, 59, of Bainbridge, Lancaster County, died after being crushed between a wall and an excavator bucket.
The area below the dam is popular with whitewater kayakers, with eleven named hydraulic features. PPL plans to expand the dam are being challenged by this group.
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