Published: December 29, 2024
Press Enterprise
SALEM TWP. — The Caithness Freedom Generating Station team continued its annual tradition to end the year by helping those in need in the community around the holidays.
Donations of $4,000 total were made to Berwick United Way, Salvation Army of Berwick, Shickshinny Area Food Pantry and Nescopeck Area Community Cupboard.
“The holiday season is a time to come together and share kindness and resources with those in the community who need a helping hand,” said Jack Monahon, general manager of Operations of Caithness Freedom. “Our team is honored to partner with local organizations that bring hope and joy to families in need, embodying the true spirit of the season.”
This latest round of community giving brings the Caithness Freedom team’s annual giving to $41,000 in 2024. In total, the Freedom team has supported several public improvement projects in Salem Township and the surrounding area, totaling more than $800,000 designated for completed community projects and future commitments.
Caithness Freedom generates more than 1,100 megawatts of reliable power, supplying approximately 900,000 homes and businesses in the region. The facility is one of the most efficient plants in the PJM Interconnection system, a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in 13 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
The facility utilizes state-of-the-art technology that has enabled Freedom to produce significantly fewer emissions than older coal and natural gas power generators in Pennsylvania, some of which produce more than double the CO2 emissions the Freedom facility produces.
The facility also deploys dry-cooling technology which utilizes 95% lower amounts of water than a plant of the same size using traditional wet-cooling technology.