Lancaster General Hospital is now producing most of its own power

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Lancaster General Hospital is now producing most of its own power

By District Energy posted 11-28-2017 11:52

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Heather Stauffer, Lancaster Online

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Lancaster General Hospital is buying a lot less electricity these days, thanks to its new power plant that runs on natural gas.

The $28 million facility that LGH calls an “Energy Center of the Future” started running earlier this year and now provides the bulk of the hospital’s power, with the rest still coming from PPL Electric Utilities.

Hospital executives say the 6.6 megawatt power plant will save about $2 million a year while producing only about half of the emissions that stemmed from making PPL’s power.