Shell (SHEL.L, SHELL.AS) said Thursday its subsidiary Shell Energy North America agreed to acquire 100% of Hunlock Creek Generating LLC, which owns 169 megawatts of natural gas-fired generation capacity in Pennsylvania, US.
Owned by Riverview Power Holdings LLC, Hunlock comprises a two-unit, 125-megawatt combined-cycle power plant and a 44-megawatt simple-cycle peaking plant.
The acquisition is expected to boost the Shell unit's access to power supply and capacity offtake in the Mid-Atlantic grid operated by PJM Interconnection, the biggest wholesale electricity market and grid operator in the US.