Buchanan Helps Allegheny Health Network Negotiate Transaction with Peoples Natural Gas to Power, Heat and Cool New Hospital

​Buchanan's team of energy attorneys assisted Allegheny Health Network (AHN) with negotiating and completing a combined heat and power (CHP) transaction with Peoples Natural Gas, which will support the new CHP facility intended to power, heat and cool the AHN Wexford Hospital, scheduled to open in 2021. 

As our clients are increasingly evaluating CHPs as a way to achieve savings and efficiencies, as well as take advantage of the current favorable pricing for natural gas, Buchanan's attorneys team up with economic consultants to identify and preserve all the benefits these CHP facilities can provide.  

Proper legal and economic analyses of CHP options can lead to long-term advantages for energy users in healthcare, education and manufacturing who are positioned to seize the cost, reliability and environmental benefits CHP projects offer.       

Read more in Pittsburgh Business Times' article "AHN Wexford Hospital to Get State-of-the-Art Combined Heat Power Plant."