List of power stations in Pennsylvania

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]

Sources of Pennsylvania utility-scale electricity generation:
full year 2023^[1]

  Natural Gas (59%)

  Nuclear (31.9%)

  Coal (5.4%)

  Wind (1.4%)

  Hydroelectric (0.8%)

  Biomass (0.7%)

  Other Gases (0.2%)

  Solar (0.2%)

  Other (0.4%)

Pennsylvania electricity production by type

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

View of former Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station NPP along the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year Opened	Refs
Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station	Beaver	40°37′23″N 80°25′50″W	1,835	1976/1987
Limerick Generating Station	Montgomery	40°13′35″N 75°35′14″W	2,296	1986/1990
Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station	York	39°45′30″N 76°16′5″W	2,251	1974
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station	Luzerne	41°05′19″N 76°08′56″W	2,520	1983/1985

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (MW Totals as of August 2014)

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.^[4]

Coal

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year Opened	Refs
Brunner Island Steam Electric Station	York	40°05′44″N 76°41′49″W	1,567	1969
Colver Power Project	Cambria	40°33′00″N 78°48′00″W	118	1995
Conemaugh Generating Station	Indiana	40°23′05″N 79°03′49″W	1,872	1970/1971
Ebensburg Power	Cambria	40°27′18″N 78°44′50″W	50	1990
Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Cogen	Northumberland	40°48′40″N 76°27′11″W	43	1990
John B Rich Power Station	Schuylkill	40°47′25″N 76°11′54″W	80	1988
Keystone Generating Station	Armstrong	40°39′36″N 79°20′27″W	1,872	1967/1968
Northampton Generating Company	Northampton	40°41′30″N 75°28′45″W	134	1995
Panther Creek	Carbon	40°51′20″N 75°52′41″W	83	1992
Scrubgrass Generating Plant	Venango	41°16′09″N 79°48′48″W	85	1993
Seward	Indiana	40°24′22″N 79°02′01″W	585	2004
Spring Grove Facility	York	39°52′15″N 76°52′05″W	36	1989
St Nicholas Cogen Plant	Schuylkill	40°49′20″N 76°10′25″W	86	1990
Westwood Generation	Schuylkill	40°37′09″N 76°27′00″W	30	1987
Wheelabrator Frackville	Schuylkill	40°48′06″N 76°10′30″W	48	1988

Natural gas

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation Type	Year Opened	Refs
Allegheny Energy	Allegheny	40°32′43″N 79°46′07″W	556	2x1 Combined Cycle	2003
Armstrong	Armstrong	40°38′17″N 79°21′06″W	688	Simple Cycle (x4)	2002
Bethlehem Power Plant	Northampton	40°37′03″N 75°18′53″W	1,153	3x1 Combined Cycle (x2)	2002/2003
Birdsboro	Berks	40°16′07″N 75°47′59″W	525	Combined Cycle	2019
Brunner Island	York	40°05′46″N 76°41′46″W	768.3	Steam Turbine (x2)	1961/1965
Brunot Island	Allegheny	40°27′54″N 80°02′38″W	339.9	3x1 Combined Cycle	1973/1974
Bucknell University	Union	40°57′18″N 76°52′44″W	5.9	1x1 Combined Cycle	1991/1998
Chambersburg	Franklin	39°52′01″N 77°41′09″W	87.6	Simple Cycle (x2)	2001
Clairton Works[A]	Allegheny	40°18′35″N 79°52′55″W	31	Steam Turbine (x2)	1955
CPV Fairview Energy Center	Cambria	40°24′43″N 78°51′18″W	1,197	2x1 Combined Cycle	2019
Eddystone Generating Station	Delaware	39°51′29″N 75°19′23″W	782	Steam Turbine (x2)	1974/1976
Fairless Energy Center	Bucks	40°08′51″N 74°44′28″W	1,338	2x1 Combined Cycle (x2)	2004
Fayette Energy Center	Fayette	39°51′33″N 79°55′06″W	644.1	2x1 Combined Cycle	2003
Gans	Fayette	39°44′51″N 79°50′20″W	87.6	Simple Cycle (x2)	2000
Grays Ferry Cogeneration	Philadelphia	39°56′32″N 75°11′17″W	192.6	Steam Turbine Simple Cycle	1997 (57.6MW) 1997 (135MW)
Handsome Lake Energy	Venango	41°17′27″N 79°48′22″W	294.5	Simple Cycle (x5)	2001
Hazelton	Luzerne	40°55′42″N 76°02′27″W	171.5	Simple Cycle (x4)	1989/2002
Hickory Run Energy Station	Lawrence	40°59′41″N 80°25′49″W	950	2x1 Combined Cycle	2020	[5]
Hunlock Power Station	Luzerne	41°12′02″N 76°04′12″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	898	3x1 Combined Cycle	2003
Ironwood	Lebanon	40°21′03″N 76°21′57″W	777.6	2x1 Combined Cycle	2001
Lackawanna Energy Center	Lackawanna	41°28′17″N 75°32′39″W	1,665	Combined Cycle (x3)	2018
Liberty Electric Power Plant	Delaware	39°51′41″N 75°20′09″W	614	2x1 Combined Cycle	2002
Lower Mount Bethel Energy	Northampton	40°48′07″N 75°06′27″W	651.6	2x1 Combined Cycle	2004
Marcus Hook Energy	Delaware	39°48′37″N 75°25′41″W	836.1	3x1 Combined Cycle	2004
Mon Valley Works[A]	Allegheny	40°23′33″N 79°51′23″W	52.5	Steam Turbine (x3)	1943/2002
Moxie Freedom Generation Plant	Luzerne	41°06′47″N 76°09′29″W	1,058	Combined Cycle (x2)	2018
New Castle	Lawrence	40°56′16″N 80°22′08″W	348	Steam Turbine (x3)	1952/1958/1964
Ontelaunee Energy Center	Berks	40°25′19″N 75°56′08″W	728	2x1 Combined Cycle	2002
Panda Hummel Station	Snyder	40°50′20″N 76°49′32″W	1,194.4	3x1 Combined Cycle	2018	[6]
Panda Liberty Generation (Hamilton Liberty)	Bradford	41°46′03″N 76°23′24″W	870	Combined Cycle (x2)	2016
Panda Patriot Generation (Hamilton Patriot)	Lycoming	41°10′51″N 76°50′21″W	870	Combined Cycle (x2)	2016
Procter&Gamble Mehoopany Mill	Wyoming	41°34′27″N 76°02′36″W	117.6	Simple Cycle (x2)	1985/2013
Shawville	Clearfield	40°04′03″N 78°21′58″W	526	Steam Turbine (x4)	1954/1959/1960
Spring Grove Facility	York	39°52′15″N 76°52′05″W	18.6	Steam Turbine (x3)	2019
Springdale	Allegheny	40°32′48″N 79°46′06″W	87.6	Simple Cycle (x2)	1999
TalenEnergy Martins Creek	Northampton	40°47′52″N 75°06′19″W	1,794.4	Simple Cycle (x4) Steam Turbine (x2)	1971 (94.4MW) 1975/1977 (1700MW)
TalenEnergy Montour	Montour	41°04′17″N 76°40′02″W	1,508		1972/1973	[7]
Tenaska Westmoreland	Westmoreland	40°10′31″N 79°41′48″W	940	2x1 Combined Cycle	2018	[8]
West Campus Steam Plant	Centre	40°47′34″N 77°51′53″W	5.1	Steam Turbine (x2)	2017
York Energy Center	York	39°44′15″N 76°18′24″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	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

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation Type	Year Opened	Refs
Croydon CT Generating Station	Bucks	40°04′48″N 74°53′30″W	546.4	Simple Cycle (x8)	1974
Portland	Northampton	40°54′37″N 75°04′46″W	194	Simple Cycle (x3)	1967/1971/1997

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.^[4]

Biomass and Municipal Waste

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Primary Fuel	Generation Type	Year Opened	Refs
Archbald Power Station	Lackawanna	41°29′06″N 75°32′26″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	11	landfill gas	Simple Cycle (x2)	2009
Covanta Delaware Valley	Delaware	39°49′35″N 75°23′18″W	90	municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic)	Steam Turbine	1991
Covanta Plymouth	Montgomery	40°05′48″N 75°18′37″W	32.1	municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic)	Steam Turbine	1991
Fairless Hills	Bucks	40°08′26″N 74°45′02″W	60	landfill gas	Steam Turbine (x2)	1996
Gettysburg Facility	Adams	39°57′01″N 77°07′31″W	3.3	other biomass solids	Steam Turbine	2013
Glades Pike Generation Plant	Somerset	40°00′24″N 79°02′28″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	9.9	landfill gas	Simple Cycle (x3)	2001
Keystone Recovery	Lackawanna	41°26′11″N 75°35′54″W	5.6	landfill gas	Reciprocating Engine (x7)	1995/1996
Harrisburg Facility	Dauphin	40°14′39″N 76°51′14″W	24.1	municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic)	Steam Turbine	2006
Johnsonburg Mill	Elk	41°29′29″N 78°40′33″W	54	wood/wood waste	Steam Turbine	1993
Lancaster County	Lancaster County	40°04′16″N 76°38′37″W	35.7	municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic)	Steam Turbine	1990
Mountain View	Franklin	39°48′05″N 77°47′18″W	14.4	landfill gas	Reciprocating Engine (x48)	2003
Pennsbury	Bucks	40°09′11″N 74°46′09″W	6.0	landfill gas	Simple Cycle (x2)	1996
Pine Grove	Schuylkill	40°33′19″N 76°23′19″W	5.4	landfill gas	Reciprocating Engine (x18)	2008
Pioneer Crossing Energy	Berks	40°16′30″N 75°49′00″W	8.0	landfill gas	Reciprocating Engine (x5)	2008/2013
PWD Cogen Plant	Philadelphia	39°59′19″N 75°05′00″W	5.6	other biomass gas	Reciprocating Engine (x4)	2013
Spring Grove Facility	York	39°52′15″N 76°52′05″W	39.1	wood/wood waste	Steam Turbine	1994
Waste Management Arden	Washington	40°12′21″N 80°15′40″W	4.8	landfill gas	Reciprocating Engine (x6)	2009
Wheelabrator Falls	Bucks	40°09′45″N 74°46′06″W	53.3	municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic)	Steam Turbine	1994
York County	York	40°00′06″N 76°43′06″W	36.5	municipal solid waste (biogenic & non-biogenic)	Steam Turbine	1989

Hydroelectric

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Number of Turbines	Year Opened	Refs
Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 5	Armstrong	40°40′58″N 79°39′55″W	6.0	2	1988
Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 6	Armstrong	40°42′59″N 79°34′38″W	8.0	2	1988
Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 8	Armstrong	40°53′48″N 79°28′44″W	13.6	2	1990
Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 9	Armstrong	40°57′22″N 79°33′03″W	17.8	2	1990
Beaver Valley- Patterson	Beaver	40°37′19″N 80°26′01″W	1.2	3	1982
Conemaugh Dam	Indiana & Westmoreland	40°27′52″N 79°21′57″W	14.0	2	1989
Holtwood Dam	Lancaster & York	39°49′37″N 76°20′07″W	109	14	1910-1914/1924/ 2011-2013
Lake Lynn Hydro	Fayette	39°43′13″N 79°51′22″W	51.2	4	1926/1929
Mahoning Creek	Armstrong	40°55′16″N 79°16′54″W	6.6	1	2013
Piney Hydroelectric	Clarion	41°11′32″N 79°26′01″W	27.0	3	1924/1928
Safe Harbor Dam	Lancaster & York	39°55′14″N 76°23′33″W	422.5	14	1931-1934/1940/ 1985-1986
Townsend Hydro	Beaver	40°44′01″N 80°18′53″W	4.2	2	1987
Wallenpaupack	Pike & Wayne	41°28′04″N 75°07′51″W	44.0	2	1926
Warrior Ridge Hydro	Huntingdon	40°32′24″N 78°02′05″W	2.8	4	1985
William F. Matson	Huntingdon	40°26′01″N 78°00′24″W	21.0	2	1988
York Haven Dam	Dauphin, Lancaster & York	40°07′03″N 76°42′55″W	20.0	20	1904-1910
Yough Hydro Power	Fayette & Somerset	39°48′06″N 79°22′06″W	12.2	2	1989

Solar

See also: Solar power in Pennsylvania

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MWAC)	Year Opened	Refs
Keystone Solar	Lancaster	39.8611°N 76.2211°W / 39.8611; -76.2211 (Keystone)	5.0	2012
PA Solar Park	Carbon	40.8601°N 75.8522°W / 40.8601; -75.8522 (PA Solar Park)	10.1	2012
White Tail Solar	Franklin	40.1414°N 77.6097°W / 40.1414; -77.6097 (White Tail Solar)	13.5	2019
Great Cove I and II	Franklin, Fulton		220	2024	[9]

Wind

See also: Wind power in Pennsylvania

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Number of Turbines	Year Opened	Refs
Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm	Cambria	40°23′02″N 78°34′46″W	80.0	40	2007
Armenia Mountain Wind Farm	Bradford & Tioga	41°45′43″N 76°51′19″W	100.5	67	2009
Bear Creek Wind Power Project	Luzerne	41°14′07″N 75°45′11″W	24.0	12	2006
Big Level Wind	Potter	41°52′09″N 77°39′57″W	90.0	25	2019
Casselman Wind Power Project	Somerset	39°51′00″N 79°08′17″W	34.5	23	2007
Chestnut Flats Wind	Blair	40°31′22″N 78°28′37″W	38.0	19	2011
Forward Wind	Somerset	40°05′07″N 78°51′48″W	29.4	14	2008
Highland Wind (I&II)	Cambria	40°18′15″N 78°41′27″W	137.5	55	2009/2012
Laurel Hill Wind	Lycoming	41°31′56″N 77°01′47″W	69.0	30	2012
Locust Ridge Wind Farm (I&II)	Schuylkill	40°51′18″N 76°07′45″W	128.0	64	2007/2009
Lookout Wind	Somerset	39°52′46″N 78°55′06″W	37.8	18	2008
Mehoopany Wind Energy	Wyoming	41°25′14″N 76°02′57″W	140.8	88	2012
Meyersdale Wind Farm	Somerset	39°47′27″N 79°00′07″W	30.0	20	2003
Mill Run Wind Energy Center	Somerset	39°54′48″N 79°23′37″W	15.0	10	2001
North Allegheny Wind	Blair	40°26′17″N 78°32′37″W	70.0	35	2009
Patton Wind	Cambria	40°37′51″N 78°41′46″W	30.0	15	2012
PPL Frey Farm Landfill Wind	Lancaster	39°57′33″N 76°27′20″W	3.2	2	2011
Ringer Hill Wind	Somerset	39°44′41″N 79°11′17″W	39.9	14	2016
Sandy Ridge Wind Farm	Blair & Centre	40°43′45″N 78°17′15″W	48.2	35	2012
Somerset Wind Farm	Somerset	39°58′45″N 79°00′46″W	9.0	6	2001
South Chestnut Wind Project	Fayette	39°45′05″N 79°43′38″W	50.4	23	2012
Stoney Creek Wind	Somerset	40°01′52″N 78°48′55″W	52.5	35	2009
Twin Ridges Wind	Somerset	39°45′38″N 78°52′29″W	139.4	68	2012
Waymart Wind Farm	Wayne	41°33′12″N 75°27′15″W	64.5	43	2003

Storage power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.^[4]

The Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station reservoir. Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River is on the right.

Battery

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year Opened	Refs
Green Mountain Storage	Somerset	39°51′05″N 79°04′14″W	10.4	2016	[10]
Meyersdale Battery	Somerset	39°47′27″N 79°00′08″W	18.0	2015	[11]

Flywheel

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Number of Flywheels	Year Opened	Refs
Hazle Spindle	Luzerne	40°56′50″N 76°03′12″W	20.0	200	2014	[12]

Pumped Storage

Name	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Number of Turbines	Year Opened	Refs
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility	Lancaster	39°48′29″N 76°17′53″W	1,071	8	1967/1968
Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station	Warren	41°50′21″N 79°00′13″W	435	2	1970

Former power stations

Name	Type	Location (County)	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Decommissioned
Armstrong Power Plant	Natural Gas/Diesel	Armstrong	40°55′45″N 79°27′59″W	600	2012
Homer City Generating Station	Coal	Indiana	40°30′39″N 79°11′37″W	2,022	July 1,2023
Chester Waterside Station[13]	Coal, natural gas	Delaware	39°49′45″N 75°23′2″W	1,242	1981
Hatfield's Ferry Power Station	Coal	Greene	39°51′20″N 79°55′39″W	1,700	2013
Mitchell Power Station	Coal, oil	Washington	40°13′16″N 79°58′6″W	370	2014
Frank R. Phillips Power Station	Coal	Beaver	40°34′8″N 80°13′43″W		1990s
George F. Weaton Power Station	Coal	Beaver	40°40′2″N 80°20′46″W	110	2012
Bruce Mansfield Power Plant	Coal	Beaver	40°38′06″N 80°24′55″W	2,490	2019
Cromby Generating Station[14]	Coal	Chester	40°9′11″N 75°31′44″W	118	2011
Sunbury Generation Plant[15]	Coal	Snyder		400	2014
Cheswick Generating Station	Coal	Allegheny	40°32′18″N 79°47′29″W	635	2022[16]
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station	Nuclear	Dauphin	40°09′14″N 76°43′29″W	805	2019
Delaware Station	Coal, oil	Philadelphia	39°58′00″N 75°07′37″W	468	2008
Delta Water Power Co.	Hydro, water	York		0.275	1936?

See also

• Energy portal
• United States portal
• Pennsylvania portal

• List of power stations in the United States

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