This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Pennsylvania had a total summer capacity of 49,066 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 239,261 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 59% natural gas, 31.9% nuclear, 5.4% coal, 1.4% wind, 0.8% hydroelectric, 0.7% biomass, 0.2% other gases, 0.2% solar and 0.4% other. Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 1,070 GWh of energy to the state's electrical grid in 2023. This was more than twice the 409 GWh (0.2%) of generation by Pennsylvania's utility-scale photovoltaic plants.[1]
The generating mix in Pennsylvania has been shifting from coal to gas, as in other U.S. states. Extraction of the state's fossil-fuel resources for domestic and foreign export sale ranked among the highest in the nation during 2019.[3]
Nuclear power stations
editName | Location (County) |
Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year Opened |
Refs |
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Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station | Beaver | 40°37′23″N 80°25′50″W / 40.62306°N 80.43056°W | 1,835 | 1976/1987 | |
Limerick Generating Station | Montgomery | 40°13′35″N 75°35′14″W / 40.22639°N 75.58722°W | 2,296 | 1986/1990 | |
Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station | York | 39°45′30″N 76°16′5″W / 39.75833°N 76.26806°W | 2,251 | 1974 | |
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station | Luzerne | 41°05′19″N 76°08′56″W / 41.08861°N 76.14889°W | 2,520 | 1983/1985 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (MW Totals as of August 2014)
Fossil-fuel power stations
editData from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]
Coal
editNatural gas
editName | Location (County) |
Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type |
Year Opened |
Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allegheny Energy | Allegheny | 40°32′43″N 79°46′07″W / 40.5453°N 79.7686°W | 556 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2003 | |
Armstrong | Armstrong | 40°38′17″N 79°21′06″W / 40.6380°N 79.3517°W | 688 | Simple Cycle (x4) | 2002 | |
Bethlehem Power Plant | Northampton | 40°37′03″N 75°18′53″W / 40.6175°N 75.3147°W | 1,153 | 3x1 Combined Cycle (x2) | 2002/2003 | |
Birdsboro | Berks | 40°16′07″N 75°47′59″W / 40.2685°N 75.7997°W | 525 | Combined Cycle | 2019 | |
Brunner Island | York | 40°05′46″N 76°41′46″W / 40.0961°N 76.6962°W | 768.3 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1961/1965 | |
Brunot Island | Allegheny | 40°27′54″N 80°02′38″W / 40.4649°N 80.0438°W | 339.9 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 1973/1974 | |
Bucknell University | Union | 40°57′18″N 76°52′44″W / 40.9550°N 76.8788°W | 5.9 | 1x1 Combined Cycle | 1991/1998 | |
Chambersburg | Franklin | 39°52′01″N 77°41′09″W / 39.8669°N 77.6858°W | 87.6 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 2001 | |
Clairton Works[A] | Allegheny | 40°18′35″N 79°52′55″W / 40.3097°N 79.8819°W | 31 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1955 | |
CPV Fairview Energy Center | Cambria | 40°24′43″N 78°51′18″W / 40.4120°N 78.8550°W | 1,197 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2019 | |
Eddystone Generating Station | Delaware | 39°51′29″N 75°19′23″W / 39.8580°N 75.3230°W | 782 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1974/1976 | |
Fairless Energy Center | Bucks | 40°08′51″N 74°44′28″W / 40.1475°N 74.7411°W | 1,338 | 2x1 Combined Cycle (x2) | 2004 | |
Fayette Energy Center | Fayette | 39°51′33″N 79°55′06″W / 39.8592°N 79.9182°W | 644.1 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2003 | |
Gans | Fayette | 39°44′51″N 79°50′20″W / 39.7475°N 79.8389°W | 87.6 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 2000 | |
Grays Ferry Cogeneration | Philadelphia | 39°56′32″N 75°11′17″W / 39.9422°N 75.1881°W | 192.6 | Steam Turbine Simple Cycle |
1997 (57.6MW) 1997 (135MW) |
|
Handsome Lake Energy | Venango | 41°17′27″N 79°48′22″W / 41.2908°N 79.8061°W | 294.5 | Simple Cycle (x5) | 2001 | |
Hazelton | Luzerne | 40°55′42″N 76°02′27″W / 40.9282°N 76.0409°W | 171.5 | Simple Cycle (x4) | 1989/2002 | |
Hickory Run Energy Station | Lawrence | 40°59′41″N 80°25′49″W / 40.9946°N 80.4302°W | 950 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2020 | [5] |
Hunlock Power Station | Luzerne | 41°12′02″N 76°04′12″W / 41.2006°N 76.0700°W | 189.9 | 2x1 Combined Cycle Simple Cycle |
1959/2011 (145.9MW) 2000 (44MW) | |
Hunterstown Power Plant | Adams | 39°52′21″N 77°10′02″W / 39.8725°N 77.1672°W | 898 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2003 | |
Ironwood | Lebanon | 40°21′03″N 76°21′57″W / 40.3509°N 76.3658°W | 777.6 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2001 | |
Lackawanna Energy Center | Lackawanna | 41°28′17″N 75°32′39″W / 41.4714°N 75.5442°W | 1,665 | Combined Cycle (x3) | 2018 | |
Liberty Electric Power Plant | Delaware | 39°51′41″N 75°20′09″W / 39.8614°N 75.3358°W | 614 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2002 | |
Lower Mount Bethel Energy | Northampton | 40°48′07″N 75°06′27″W / 40.8019°N 75.1076°W | 651.6 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2004 | |
Marcus Hook Energy | Delaware | 39°48′37″N 75°25′41″W / 39.8103°N 75.4281°W | 836.1 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2004 | |
Mon Valley Works[A] | Allegheny | 40°23′33″N 79°51′23″W / 40.3925°N 79.8564°W | 52.5 | Steam Turbine (x3) | 1943/2002 | |
Moxie Freedom Generation Plant | Luzerne | 41°06′47″N 76°09′29″W / 41.1131°N 76.1581°W | 1,058 | Combined Cycle (x2) | 2018 | |
New Castle | Lawrence | 40°56′16″N 80°22′08″W / 40.9379°N 80.3690°W | 348 | Steam Turbine (x3) | 1952/1958/1964 | |
Ontelaunee Energy Center | Berks | 40°25′19″N 75°56′08″W / 40.4219°N 75.9356°W | 728 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2002 | |
Panda Hummel Station | Snyder | 40°50′20″N 76°49′32″W / 40.8390°N 76.8255°W | 1,194.4 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2018 | [6] |
Panda Liberty Generation (Hamilton Liberty) |
Bradford | 41°46′03″N 76°23′24″W / 41.7675°N 76.3900°W | 870 | Combined Cycle (x2) | 2016 | |
Panda Patriot Generation (Hamilton Patriot) |
Lycoming | 41°10′51″N 76°50′21″W / 41.1808°N 76.8392°W | 870 | Combined Cycle (x2) | 2016 | |
Procter&Gamble Mehoopany Mill | Wyoming | 41°34′27″N 76°02′36″W / 41.5743°N 76.0432°W | 117.6 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 1985/2013 | |
Shawville | Clearfield | 40°04′03″N 78°21′58″W / 40.0676°N 78.3662°W | 526 | Steam Turbine (x4) | 1954/1959/1960 | |
Spring Grove Facility | York | 39°52′15″N 76°52′05″W / 39.8709°N 76.8681°W | 18.6 | Steam Turbine (x3) | 2019 | |
Springdale | Allegheny | 40°32′48″N 79°46′06″W / 40.5467°N 79.7683°W | 87.6 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 1999 | |
TalenEnergy Martins Creek | Northampton | 40°47′52″N 75°06′19″W / 40.7978°N 75.1054°W | 1,794.4 | Simple Cycle (x4) Steam Turbine (x2) |
1971 (94.4MW) 1975/1977 (1700MW) |
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TalenEnergy Montour | Montour | 41°04′17″N 76°40′02″W / 41.0714°N 76.6672°W | 1,508 | 1972/1973 | [7] | |
Tenaska Westmoreland | Westmoreland | 40°10′31″N 79°41′48″W / 40.1752°N 79.6967°W | 940 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2018 | [8] |
West Campus Steam Plant | Centre | 40°47′34″N 77°51′53″W / 40.7928°N 77.8647°W | 5.1 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 2017 | |
York Energy Center | York | 39°44′15″N 76°18′24″W / 39.7375°N 76.3067°W | 1,449.4 | 3x1 Combined Cycle 2x1 Combined Cycle |
2011 (560MW) 2019 (889.4MW) |
|
York Generation Company | York | 39°59′08″N 76°40′34″W / 39.9856°N 76.6762°W | 52.2 | 2x1 Combined Cycle (x2) | 1989 |
A The Clairton, Erie, and Mon Valley facilities burn other hydrocarbon gases released during processing of coal to produce coke.
Petroleum
editName | Location (County) |
Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type |
Year Opened |
Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croydon CT Generating Station | Bucks | 40°04′48″N 74°53′30″W / 40.0800°N 74.8917°W | 546.4 | Simple Cycle (x8) | 1974 | |
Portland | Northampton | 40°54′37″N 75°04′46″W / 40.9102°N 75.0794°W | 194 | Simple Cycle (x3) | 1967/1971/1997 |
Renewable power stations
editData from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]
Biomass and Municipal Waste
editName | Location (County) |
Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Primary Fuel |
Generation Type |
Year Opened |
Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archbald Power Station | Lackawanna | 41°29′06″N 75°32′26″W / 41.4850°N 75.5406°W | 32.4 | landfill gas | Steam Turbine Simple Cycle (x2) |
1988 (23.2MW) 2010 (9.2MW) |
|
Broad Mountain | Schuykill | 40°40′11″N 76°22′51″W / 40.6696°N 76.3807°W | 11 | landfill gas | Simple Cycle (x2) | 2009 | |
Covanta Delaware Valley | Delaware | 39°49′35″N 75°23′18″W / 39.8265°N 75.3882°W | 90 | municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1991 | |
Covanta Plymouth | Montgomery | 40°05′48″N 75°18′37″W / 40.0967°N 75.3103°W | 32.1 | municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1991 | |
Fairless Hills | Bucks | 40°08′26″N 74°45′02″W / 40.1405°N 74.7506°W | 60 | landfill gas | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1996 | |
Gettysburg Facility | Adams | 39°57′01″N 77°07′31″W / 39.9503°N 77.1253°W | 3.3 | other biomass solids | Steam Turbine | 2013 | |
Glades Pike Generation Plant | Somerset | 40°00′24″N 79°02′28″W / 40.0066°N 79.0410°W | 6.5 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x2) Simple Cycle |
2011 (3.2MW) 2011 (3.3MW) |
|
Green Knight EC | Northampton | 40°51′33″N 75°15′46″W / 40.8592°N 75.2627°W | 9.9 | landfill gas | Simple Cycle (x3) | 2001 | |
Keystone Recovery | Lackawanna | 41°26′11″N 75°35′54″W / 41.4363°N 75.5984°W | 5.6 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x7) | 1995/1996 | |
Harrisburg Facility | Dauphin | 40°14′39″N 76°51′14″W / 40.2442°N 76.8539°W | 24.1 | municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 2006 | |
Johnsonburg Mill | Elk | 41°29′29″N 78°40′33″W / 41.4915°N 78.6758°W | 54 | wood/wood waste | Steam Turbine | 1993 | |
Lancaster County | Lancaster County | 40°04′16″N 76°38′37″W / 40.0711°N 76.6436°W | 35.7 | municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1990 | |
Mountain View | Franklin | 39°48′05″N 77°47′18″W / 39.8014°N 77.7883°W | 14.4 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x48) | 2003 | |
Pennsbury | Bucks | 40°09′11″N 74°46′09″W / 40.1531°N 74.7691°W | 6.0 | landfill gas | Simple Cycle (x2) | 1996 | |
Pine Grove | Schuylkill | 40°33′19″N 76°23′19″W / 40.5553°N 76.3886°W | 5.4 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x18) | 2008 | |
Pioneer Crossing Energy | Berks | 40°16′30″N 75°49′00″W / 40.2750°N 75.8167°W | 8.0 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x5) | 2008/2013 | |
PWD Cogen Plant | Philadelphia | 39°59′19″N 75°05′00″W / 39.9886°N 75.0833°W | 5.6 | other biomass gas | Reciprocating Engine (x4) | 2013 | |
Spring Grove Facility | York | 39°52′15″N 76°52′05″W / 39.8709°N 76.8681°W | 39.1 | wood/wood waste | Steam Turbine | 1994 | |
Waste Management Arden | Washington | 40°12′21″N 80°15′40″W / 40.2058°N 80.2611°W | 4.8 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x6) | 2009 | |
Wheelabrator Falls | Bucks | 40°09′45″N 74°46′06″W / 40.1626°N 74.7682°W | 53.3 | municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1994 | |
York County | York | 40°00′06″N 76°43′06″W / 40.0017°N 76.7183°W | 36.5 | municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1989 |
Hydroelectric
editSolar
editName | Location (County) | Coordinates | Capacity (MWAC) |
Year Opened |
Refs |
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Keystone Solar | Lancaster | 39°51′40″N 76°13′16″W / 39.8611°N 76.2211°W | 5.0 | 2012 | |
PA Solar Park | Carbon | 40°51′36″N 75°51′08″W / 40.8601°N 75.8522°W | 10.1 | 2012 | |
White Tail Solar | Franklin | 40°08′29″N 77°36′35″W / 40.1414°N 77.6097°W | 13.5 | 2019 | |
Great Cove I and II | Franklin, Fulton | 220 | 2024 | [9] |
Wind
editStorage power stations
editData from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]
Battery
editName | Location (County) |
Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year Opened |
Refs |
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Green Mountain Storage | Somerset | 39°51′05″N 79°04′14″W / 39.8514°N 79.0706°W | 10.4 | 2016 | [10] |
Meyersdale Battery | Somerset | 39°47′27″N 79°00′08″W / 39.7907°N 79.0021°W | 18.0 | 2015 | [11] |
Flywheel
editName | Location (County) |
Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Number of Flywheels |
Year Opened |
Refs |
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Hazle Spindle | Luzerne | 40°56′50″N 76°03′12″W / 40.9473°N 76.0534°W | 20.0 | 200 | 2014 | [12] |
Pumped Storage
editName | Location (County) |
Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Number of Turbines |
Year Opened |
Refs |
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Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility | Lancaster | 39°48′29″N 76°17′53″W / 39.80806°N 76.29806°W | 1,071 | 8 | 1967/1968 | |
Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station | Warren | 41°50′21″N 79°00′13″W / 41.83917°N 79.00361°W | 435 | 2 | 1970 |
Former power stations
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Pennsylvania, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–23". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Electricity Profile Analysis". U.S. EIA. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ a b c Energy Information Administration (15 September 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Hickory Run Energy Center". NAES. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ^ "Panda Hummel: Power plant operating smoothly". 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Montour Steam Electric Station". Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ http://www.tenaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Westmoreland.pdf [dead link ]
- ^ "Penn celebrates operation and benefits of largest solar power project in Pennsylvania". Penn Today. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ Randy Griffith (2016-11-17). "Battery system replacing some Somerset County windmills". The Tribune-Democrat.
- ^ Barry Cassell (2015-07-30). "NextEra affiliate plans battery storage project at Meyersdale wind farm in Pa". transmissionhub.com.
- ^ US Department of Energy (August 2013). "Hazle Spindle, LLC". Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa3600/pa3680/data/pa3680data.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Cromby Generating Station - SourceWatch".
- ^ "PP&L-built coal-fired generating plant visible from Routes 11/15 to be razed". 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Charah Solutions adds PA power plant to its demo list". Retrieved 2022-04-07.