🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania operates 76 natural gas power plants totaling 28,553 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 139.0M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants76operating
Capacity28,552 MWnameplate
Generation139.0M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Pennsylvania
All Pennsylvania natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talenenergy Montour | Washingtonville | Montour County | 1,758 MW | Talenenergy Montour Llc |
| Brunner Island | York Haven | York County | 1,616 MW | Brunner Island Llc |
| Lackawanna Energy Center | Jessup | Lackawanna County | 1,499 MW | Invenergy Services Llc |
| York Energy Center | Delta | York County | 1,449 MW | Calpine Mid-Merit Llc |
| Fairless Energy Center | Fairless Hills | Bucks County | 1,338 MW | Edgewater Generation, Llc |
| Cpv Fairview Energy Center | Johnstown | Cambria County | 1,197 MW | Cpv Fairview, Llc |
| Hummel Station Llc | Shamokin Dam | Snyder County | 1,194 MW | Hummel Station, Llc |
| Bethlehem Power Plant | Bethlehem | Northampton County | 1,153 MW | Calpine Bethlehem Llc |
| Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station | Smithton | Westmoreland County | 1,134 MW | Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc |
| Moxie Freedom Generation Plant | Salem Township | Luzerne County | 1,105 MW | Moxie Freedom Llc |
| Hickory Run Energy Station | New Castle | Lawrence County | 1,034 MW | Hickory Run Energy, Llc |
| Hunterstown Power Plant | Gettysburg | Adams County | 898 MW | Hunterstown Generation, Llc |
| Hamilton Liberty | Towanda | Bradford County | 870 MW | Hamilton Liberty O&m Llc |
| Hamilton Patriot Generation Plant | Montgomery | Lycoming County | 870 MW | Hamilton Operating Services, Llc |
| Eddystone Generating Station | Eddystone | Delaware County | 862 MW | Constellation Power, Inc |
| Marcus Hook Energy Lp | Marcus Hook | Delaware County | 836 MW | Marcus Hook Energy Lp |
| Ironwood Llc | Lebanon | Lebanon County | 778 MW | Helix Ironwood Llc |
| Ontelaunee Energy Center | Reading | Berks County | 728 MW | Ontelaunee Energy Center |
| Fayette Energy Facility | Masontown | Fayette County | 715 MW | Fayette Power Company, Llc |
| Armstrong | Shelocta | Armstrong County | 688 MW | Armstrong Power Llc |
| Hill Top Energy Center, Llc | Carmichaels | Greene County | 665 MW | Hill Top Energy Center, Llc |
| Lower Mount Bethel Energy | Bangor | Northampton County | 652 MW | Lower Mount Bethel Energy Llc |
| Shawville | Shawville | Clearfield County | 632 MW | Shawville Power, Llc |
| Liberty Electric Power Plant | Eddystone | Delaware County | 614 MW | Liberty Electric Power Llc |
| Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 | Springdale | Allegheny County | 556 MW | Springdale Energy Llc |
| Birdsboro Power | Birdsboro | Berks County | 525 MW | Birdsboro Power Llc |
| Brunot Island | Pittsburg | Allegheny County | 365 MW | Brunot Island Power, Llc |
| New Castle Plant | West Pittsburg | Lawrence County | 354 MW | New Castle Power, Llc |
| Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc | Monaca | Beaver County | 310 MW | Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc |
| Handsome Lake Energy Llc | Kennerdell | Venango County | 295 MW | Handsome Lake Energy Llc |
| Portland (Pa) | Mt. Bethel | Northampton County | 194 MW | Portland Power, Llc |
| Grays Ferry Cogeneration | Philadelphia | Philadelphia County | 193 MW | Grays Ferry Cogen Partnership |
| Hazelton | Hazelton | Luzerne County | 172 MW | Hazleton Generation Llc |
| Hunlock Power Station | Hunlock Creek | Luzerne County | 146 MW | Hunlock Energy, Llc |
| Procter & Gamble Mehoopany Mill | Mehoopany | Wyoming County | 120 MW | Procter & Gamble Ppr Prdts Co |
| Archbald Power Station | Archbald | Lackawanna County | 93 MW | Pei Power Corp |
| Springdale 1 & 2 | Springdale | Allegheny County | 88 MW | Springdale Energy Llc |
| Gans | Gans | Fayette County | 88 MW | Gans Energy Llc |
| Chambersburg | Chambersburg | Franklin County | 88 MW | Chambersburg Energy, Llc |
| West Point (Pa) | West Point | Montgomery County | 85 MW | Merck & Co Inc-West Point |
| Chester Operations | Chester | Delaware County | 69 MW | Kimberly-Clark Corp |
| Hunterstown | Gettysburg | Adams County | 60 MW | Hunterstown Power, Llc |
| Johnsonburg Mill | Johnsonburg | Elk County | 54 MW | Domtar Llc |
| Warren | Warren | Warren County | 53 MW | Warren Generation, Llc |
| Hunlock Unit 4 | Hunlock Creek | Luzerne County | 44 MW | Hunlock Energy, Llc |
| Indiana University Of Pennsylvania | Indiana | Indiana County | 24 MW | Indiana University Of Penn |
| Blossburg | Blossburg | Tioga County | 24 MW | Blossburg Power, Llc |
| Orchard Park | Chambersburg | Franklin County | 24 MW | Borough Of Chambersburg |
| Oxbow Creek | Factoryville | Wyoming County | 22 MW | Oxbow Creek Energy Llc |
| Roundtop | Meshoppen | Susquehanna County | 22 MW | Roundtop Energy Llc |
| Beaver Dam (Pa) | Canton Township | Bradford County | 22 MW | Beaver Dam Energy Llc |
| Wolf Run Energy | Wilmot Township | Bradford County | 22 MW | Wolf Run Energy Llc |
| Pittsburgh Airport Gas Plant | Coraopolis | Allegheny County | 22 MW | Img Energy Solutions |
| Alpaca | Canton Township | Bradford County | 21 MW | Alpaca Energy Llc |
| Milan | Milan | Bradford County | 21 MW | Milan Energy Llc |
| Temple Segf | Philadelphia | Philadelphia County | 16 MW | Temple University |
| West Campus Steam Plant | University Park | Centre County | 14 MW | Penn State University |
| Paxton Creek Cogeneration | Harrisburg | Dauphin County | 13 MW | Energy Center Paxton Llc |
| Navy Yard Peaker Station | Philadelphia | Philadelphia County | 8 MW | Philadelphia Authority For Industrial Development |
| Falling Spring | Chambersburg | Franklin County | 7 MW | Borough Of Chambersburg |
| East Campus Steam Plant | University Park | Centre County | 7 MW | Penn State University |
| Bucknell University | Lewisburg | Union County | 6 MW | Bucknell University |
| Ecp Uptown Campus | Pittsburgh | Allegheny County | 6 MW | Ecp Uptown Campus Llc |
| Towanda Facility | Wyalusing | Bradford County | 5 MW | Rev Lng Ssl Bc, Llc |
| Spring House | Spring House | Montgomery County | 4 MW | Janssen Pharmaceutical Co |
| Western Berks | Birdsboro | Berks County | 3 MW | Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc |
| Newman (Pa) | Philadelphia | Philadelphia County | 2 MW | Newman & Co Inc |
| Juniata Locomotive Shop | Altoona | Blair County | 2 MW | Norfork Southern Corp |
| Mount Joy Wire | Mount Joy | Lancaster County | 1 MW | Mount Joy Wire Corp |
| Jefferson Torresdale Hospital | Philadelphia | Philadelphia County | 1 MW | Jefferson Torresdale Hospital |
| Phoenix Contact - Cchp Plant | Middletown | Dauphin County | 1 MW | Phoenix Contact Services, Inc |
| Fairless Hills | Fairless Hills | Bucks County | — | Constellation Power, Inc |
| Stowe Power Production Plant | Pottstown | Montgomery County | — | Wm Renewable Energy Llc |
| Whitemarsh Central Utility Plant | Lafayette Hill | Montgomery County | — | Whitemarsh Continuing Care Retirement Community |
| Jersey Shore Steel Co | Mcelhattan | Clinton County | — | Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc |
| Ppl Glendon Lfgte Plant | Glendon | Northampton County | — | Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc |