PPL-Blackstone JV CCGT Plants

Proposed for TBD, (PA, TBD) County

Tenant

Not disclosed. No end user has been named publicly.

Current stage

Joint venture formed and capitalized as Invitium Energy, with land and turbine deposits secured and Pennsylvania sites unannounced.

Decision body

TBD

Top issues

Residents and officials have focused on how little has been disclosed about the end user, water use, continuous mechanical noise, and emissions from backup generation.

PPL-Blackstone JV for new combined-cycle gas plants (2031+). Specific PA siting TBD. Supports QTS PA expansion. PPL and Blackstone Infrastructure announced a joint venture on July 15, 2025 at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit to build, own, and operate new gas-fired combined-cycle generation serving data centers under long-term energy supply agreements. PPL said data center interest in its Pennsylvania territory alone had reached more than 60 GW of potential projects with over 13 GW in advanced planning, which if built would leave an estimated 6 GW generation shortfall within five to six years and about $15 billion in investment need. PPL's second-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q identifies the venture as Invitium Energy, LLC, owned 51 percent by PPL and 49 percent by Blackstone Infrastructure, and states it has secured multiple land parcels and placed deposits on future turbine purchases. Specific Pennsylvania sites have not been announced.

• 2026-06-30 U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionPPL Corporation Form 10-Q (Invitium Energy joint venture)JV named Invitium Energy, 51/49 PPL-Blackstone; land parcels and turbine deposits secured
• 2025-07-15 PPL CorporationPPL Corporation and Blackstone Infrastructure create joint venture to build natural gas generation in PennsylvaniaJV announced; 60 GW of data center interest in PPL territory, 6 GW projected shortfall