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DeminPennswoods

(15,289 posts)
6. Could be the original schedule was for him to arrive ealier and
Tue Aug 13, 2019, 03:08 PM
Aug 2019

speechify.

I wonder if Trump will talk about the 19 month early closure of the Bruce Mansfield coal fired electricity plant nearby? The Shell ethane cracker plant is supposed to employ 500 people when it's fully operational. The layoffs at the coal-fired plant are about 250. On top of that the Shippingsport nuclear plant is scheduled to shut down next year or in 2021. Overall, it's a net loss of jobs. But who's counting?

Excerpt from earlier Beaver County Times story re coal-fired and nuclear plants:

Beaver County could see a sizable economic hit with the closure of both plants. FirstEnergy is one of the county’s largest taxpayers with millions in assessed property. It puts hundreds of high-paid union employees at risk, too. Last year, FirstEnergy Solutions employed about 250 workers at the Bruce Mansfield plant alone.

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