(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE -A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Shippingport, PA) According to a release in Irving, Texas on Friday from Vistra Corporation, that company announced on Friday that it has entered into 20-year power purchase agreements to provide more than 2,600 megawatts of zero-carbon energy from a combination of three different Vistra nuclear plants to support Meta’s operations in the region. One of these plants is the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport and Meta is also purchasing 433 megawatts of incremental nuclear energy and capacity from equipment upgrades to increase uprates (also known as generation output) there and at the Perry and Davis-Besse Plants in Ohio. State Representatives Josh Kail (R-Beaver County/Washington County) and Rob Matzie (D-Beaver County) praised this development. Kail stated: “The Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant has been a trusted source of affordable, reliable power since 1976. Extending its operating license will secure over 750 high-quality jobs for decades, ensuring long-term economic stability for Beaver County and beyond. It’s a smart, private investment that benefits communities without shifting the burden to taxpayers. This is a major win for western Pennsylvania.” Matzie expressed: “Beaver Valley has delivered clean, reliable energy and stable employment for generations. This agreement ensures that tradition continues—without adding costs to taxpayers. As a co-chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Nuclear Energy Caucus this is exactly the kind of forward-looking investment we have championed and one that Pennsylvania needs, and for which Beaver County is perfectly positioned: one that keeps and creates jobs, energizes local economies, and keeps dependable power on the grid.”