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Three Mile Island Unit 1 Restart — Crane Clean Energy Center

United States
Under Construction
Developer
Constellation Energy / Microsoft
Capacity
837 MWe
Last updated
5/16/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
PWR
Announced
9/20/2024
Projected operational
12/31/2028

Notes

Constellation Energy is restarting Three Mile Island Unit 1 — rebranded as the Crane Clean Energy Center — under a 20-year 837 MW PPA with Microsoft signed in September 2024. The $1.6 billion restart project is backed by a $1 billion DOE federal loan awarded in November 2025. The plant was shut down in 2019 for economic reasons after safe operation since 1974. 100% of power goes to Microsoft to match its data centre energy use in Pennsylvania, Chicago, Virginia, and Ohio. Constellation will pursue a licence renewal extending operations to at least 2054. Expected online in 2028.

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