US-based Talen Energy Corp. has signed an agreement to sell two hydroelectric power plants with 299 megawatts of combined capacity to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners for US$860 million.
The Holtwood and Lake Wallenpaupack hydroelectric projects are part of a requirement to divest certain assets in specific regions of the PJM Interconnection, which include portions of eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, to comply with a December 2014 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order approving the transactions that formed Talen Energy.