Power Plants Near 15317 — Canonsburg, PA

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 15317 (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.2706, -80.1668 · County: Washington

Natural Gas 45%Coal 40%Nuclear 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.7 mi	Waste Management Arden Lfgte Washington, PA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
14.9 mi	Ecp Uptown Campus Pittsburgh, PA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Ecp Uptown Campus Llc
14.9 mi	Brunot Island Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	365 MW	Brunot Island Power, Llc
15.3 mi	Clairton Works Clairton, PA	Coal	31 MW	United States Steel- Clairton
15.3 mi	Pg Solar 1 Findlay Township, PA	Solar	3 MW	Img Energy Solutions
15.9 mi	Pittsburgh Airport Gas Plant Coraopolis, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Img Energy Solutions
16.3 mi	Emsworth Bc Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
16.5 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
16.6 mi	Emsworth L&d Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
18.2 mi	Braddock Lock And Dam Braddock, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund Xlii, Llc
18.3 mi	Gaucho Solar Clinton, PA	Solar	20 MW	Gaucho Solar
18.4 mi	Mon Valley Works Dravosburg, PA	Other Fossil	53 MW	United States Steel-Mon Valley
21.5 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
24.8 mi	Wylie Ridge Solar Weirton, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
25.4 mi	Cardinal Brillant, OH	Coal	1,880 MW	Cardinal Operating Company
25.7 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc
25.8 mi	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center Monroeville, PA	Oil	1 MW	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center
27.1 mi	Steubenville Solar Steubenville, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
27.1 mi	Nottingham Solar Cadiz, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
27.7 mi	Hunker Solar River, Llc Ruffs Dale, PA	Solar	3 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
28.0 mi	Beaver Valley Shippingport, PA	Nuclear	1,847 MW	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation Llc
28.3 mi	Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	556 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
28.3 mi	Springdale 1 & 2 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
28.4 mi	Pine 1 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine1 Llc
28.7 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
28.7 mi	Pine 2 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine2 Llc
28.8 mi	Montgomery L&d Hydroelectric Project Monaca, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
29.1 mi	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc Monaca, PA	Natural Gas	310 MW	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc
30.2 mi	Beaver Solar Llc Beaver, PA	Solar	1 MW	Laurel Capital Partners
31.3 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
32.9 mi	Townsend Hydro New Brighton, PA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Beaver Falls Municipal Auth
33.5 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
33.7 mi	Beaver Valley Patterson Dam Beaver Falls, PA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
34.9 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
36.9 mi	South Field Energy Wellsville, OH	Natural Gas	1,210 MW	South Field Energy, Llc
38.8 mi	Allegheny No. 5 Hydro Station Schenley, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
40.0 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
40.0 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
40.1 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
40.4 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
40.6 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
40.7 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
41.4 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
42.8 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.7 mi	Allegheny No 6 Hydro Station Ford City, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
44.2 mi	Conemaugh Hydro Plant Saltsburg, PA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Pennsylvania Renewable Resources
44.9 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
45.1 mi	Spring Lane Ligonier, PA	Solar	14 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
45.1 mi	Allegheny L&d2 Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
45.9 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
46.2 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.3 mi	New Castle Plant West Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	354 MW	New Castle Power, Llc
47.7 mi	Firefly Solar Pa New Castle, PA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
47.7 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
49.0 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
49.1 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
49.6 mi	Mahoning New Springfield, OH	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
49.8 mi	Armstrong Shelocta, PA	Natural Gas	688 MW	Armstrong Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (ZIP 15317), with a combined 14,057 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Waste Management Arden Lfgte at 6.7 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Pennsylvania, visit the Pennsylvania state page.

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