🔥 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
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 |