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Essential Energy

Essential Energy, LLC is a limited liability company that applied in March 2026 to build a natural gas power plant of about 400 megawatts on the former Highway Auto salvage yard at 1000 Main Street in Archbald, Lackawanna County. Its zoning application gives an address at 805 Enterprise Street in Dickson City, the same address listed for the property owner, PDC Realty, LLC, and the residents' group Stop Archbald Data Centers says the company was registered with the state the day after the application was filed. Stop Archbald also says the plant comes from the same developer as Project Boson, the data center planned across Eynon Jermyn Road, and borough council has held at least five conditional use hearings on the plant with no decision reported.

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1 proposed, under review or on appeal

Developer: 1

Approved or built0

In process1

Stopped0

Megawatts named400 MWpublished for 1 of 1

Land involved15 acrespublished for 1 of 1

Counties1Lackawanna

Earliest project2026first public announcement

Local groups opposing1across its projects

Legal filings1appeals, challenges and suits on file

Community impacts6documented on its projects

News stories9in our coverage log

Projects

Project	Status	Role	Size named
Essential Energy Gas Power Plant (former Highway Auto salvage yard, Archbald)Archbald Borough, Lackawanna CountySuggest a correction	Under Review	Developer	400 MW

Sources

Essential Energy, LLC zoning permit application and site addendum Archbald Borough · 2026-03-12
Essential Energy Gas Power Plant (former Highway Auto salvage yard, Archbald) No Conshy Data Centers · 2026-10-22
Project Boson (Archbald) No Conshy Data Centers · 2026-10-22
Proposed Archbald power plant could reshape borough and add power to grid FOX56 (WOLF) · 2026-04-27
Council questions noise study for proposed Archbald power plant FOX56 (WOLF) · 2026-06-23
Essential Energy, LLC conditional use hearing application, March 26, 2026 Archbald Borough · 2026-03-26
Mey & Sulla letter to Archbald Borough enclosing an updated site plan, April 22, 2026 Archbald Borough · 2026-04-22
Archbald Borough Planning Commission minutes, April 1, 2026 Archbald Borough · 2026-04-01

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