Dive Summary:

• NRG Energy announced Wednesday the closing of two coal-fired units in Pennsylvania about six months ahead of time to end a lawsuit filed by the states of New Jersey and Connecticut in 2007.
• The units at Portland Generating Station in Mt. Bethel, Pennsylvania are capable of generating 401 megawatts of energy. NRG will shutter the units by June 1, 2014, after gaining regulatory approval. NRG acquired the units from GenOn in 2012.
• NRG also agreed to make a "significant investment" in environmental projects, reported Lee Davis, the president of NRG's East Region.

From the article:
“The agreement, if approved by a federal court, will end a lawsuit brought by New Jersey and Connecticut for alleged noncompliance with the federal Clean Air Act at the Portland plant before it was acquired by Princeton, New Jersey-based NRG.”