PPL Wallenpaupack
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At a Glance |
- 126 PPL Drive, P.O. Box 122,
Hawley, PA 18428
- 44 megawatt generating capacity
- Hydro
- 100 percent ownership
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The Wallenpaupack hydroelectric plant in the Pocono Mountains includes a dam with a reservoir and a powerhouse that contains two units with a total capacity of 44 megawatts.
Located on the border of Wayne and Pike counties on Lake Wallenpaupack near Hawley, Pa., the plant began commercial operation in 1926.
The plant is owned by PPL Holtwood LLC, a subsidiary of PPL Generation LLC. It is operated remotely 
from a control center 85 miles away in Allentown, Pa.
The dam is 1,275 feet long and 70 feet high. When PPL built the plant, it created the 5,700-acre Lake Wallenpaupack, which has become a popular, year-round recreation area. Water from the lake travels to the power plant through a 3½-mile pipeline that is more than 14 feet in diameter.