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One Year Later: Crane Clean Energy Center Still in the Spotlight and Ahead of Schedule

Constellation’s restart announcement stands as a defining moment for American nuclear power, riding a wave of public support and launching widespread commercial interest in nuclear energy to power the digital economy and strengthen grid reliability.

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Site Celebration Highlights Progress Made on Crane Restart

More than 400 new and returning Constellation employees and Pennsylvania building trades members gathered at the Crane Clean Energy Center to hear from Gov. Josh Shapiro, local officials, and Microsoft and Constellation executives as widespread support builds for the plant’s restart.  The celebration follows news that the plant could restart as early as 2027.

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Progress Toward Restart

Constellation EVP and Chief Financial Officer Dan Eggers tours the Crane Clean Energy Center in central Pennsylvania and meets with members of the team making the historic restart a reality.

 

Download photos of equipment inspections and training at the Crane Clean Energy Center

 

What a Restart Means for the Community

 

This new center, expected to go online in 2027, will: 

  • Restore 835 megawatts of reliable, clean, carbon-free energy to the grid
  • Create 3,400 direct and indirect jobs
  • Deliver $3.6 billion in state and federal tax revenue and add $16 billion to the state’s GDP
  • Reduce 61 million tons of CO2 emissions over 20 years

Read more about CCEC’s environmental and economic impacts

 

 

 

Community outreach, engagement and dialogue are cornerstones of our restart plan and inform the local community. It will be updated as new information and resources are available.

To ensure that the local community fully participates in the economic benefits of restarting the facility, Constellation has committed an additional $1 million in philanthropic giving to the region over the next five years to support workforce development and other community needs.
 

Access to PennLive's Game of the Week

Constellation is an exclusive presenting sponsor of PennLive's Fall sports coverage of Middletown, Lower Dauphin, Hershey, Elizabethtown, Donegal, and Manheim Central high school athletics. Public access to all Game of the Week livestreams—previously limited to PennLive subscribers— has been unclocked making them freely available to the entire community. View the Game of the Week Schedule

 

 
  • Restarting a nuclear reactor requires Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval following a comprehensive safety and environmental review, as well as permits from state and local agencies.
  • Constellation will pursue a license to extend operations to at least 2054 and expects the plant to be ready for service in 2027, after making a significant investment to fully restore the facility’s robust safety and operations systems.
  • There will be opportunities for the public to learn more about this application as part of the NRC’s review process.

 

 
  • Safety is Constellation’s first and most critical obligation. Nuclear power plants are among the best-protected private sector facilities in America, with monitoring and inspections by plant owners, local officials, and the federal government.
  • The Unit 1 reactor is located adjacent to TMI Unit 2, which shut down in 1979 and is in the process of being decommissioned by its owner, Energy Solutions. TMI Unit 1 is a fully independent facility, and its long-term operation was not impacted by the Unit 2 accident.  TMI Unit 1 was retired for economic reasons in 2019.   
  • Learn more about the measures that we take to keep our employees, customers, and communities safe.

 

Community outreach, engagement and dialogue are cornerstones of our restart plan and inform the local community. It will be updated as new information and resources are available.

To ensure that the local community fully participates in the economic benefits of restarting the facility, Constellation has committed an additional $1 million in philanthropic giving to the region over the next five years to support workforce development and other community needs.
 

Access to PennLive's Game of the Week

Constellation is an exclusive presenting sponsor of PennLive's Fall sports coverage of Middletown, Lower Dauphin, Hershey, Elizabethtown, Donegal, and Manheim Central high school athletics. Public access to all Game of the Week livestreams—previously limited to PennLive subscribers— has been unclocked making them freely available to the entire community. View the Game of the Week Schedule

 

 
  • Restarting a nuclear reactor requires Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval following a comprehensive safety and environmental review, as well as permits from state and local agencies.
  • Constellation will pursue a license to extend operations to at least 2054 and expects the plant to be ready for service in 2027, after making a significant investment to fully restore the facility’s robust safety and operations systems.
  • There will be opportunities for the public to learn more about this application as part of the NRC’s review process.

 

 
  • Safety is Constellation’s first and most critical obligation. Nuclear power plants are among the best-protected private sector facilities in America, with monitoring and inspections by plant owners, local officials, and the federal government.
  • The Unit 1 reactor is located adjacent to TMI Unit 2, which shut down in 1979 and is in the process of being decommissioned by its owner, Energy Solutions. TMI Unit 1 is a fully independent facility, and its long-term operation was not impacted by the Unit 2 accident.  TMI Unit 1 was retired for economic reasons in 2019.   
  • Learn more about the measures that we take to keep our employees, customers, and communities safe.

 

 


An Open Letter to the Community: Building for the Future at Crane Clean Energy Center

 

In The News


12/12/25:
Constellation Wins Platts Global Energy Award for Crane Clean Energy Center Restart


7/1/25:
Inside Three Mile Island’s nuclear restart with Microsoft, now targeting 2027 launch, one year ahead of plan


6/13/25:
'It was family oriented': Married couple who worked at TMI return ahead of reopening


6/5/25:
Restarting TMI Unit 1 can help reverse dangerous air quality issues in central Pennsylvania


5/30/25:
Watch the PBS News Hour’s Tipping Point Interview with Constellation Chief Generation Officer Bryan Hanson on the Crane Clean Energy Center restart


3/9/25:
Watch the CBS Sunday Morning Interview with Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez on the Crane Clean Energy Center


2/19/25:
Constellation Ahead of Schedule for Launch of Crane Clean Energy Center
 

 


 



 

 

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