Allegheny County Government Facilities To Be Powered By New Hydroplant

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County is entering into a 35-year agreement to buy renewable energy from a new hydropower plant on the Ohio River.County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced the agreement with Rye Development at a virtual press conference Thursday.“We’re going to use our rivers to produce electricity. We are going to use our rivers at the Emsworth Locks and Dam to power the buildings and facilities that we have here in Allegheny County,&rdquo