180th largest plant in Pennsylvania · 6421st nationally
Falling Spring is a natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania with a nameplate capacity of 7.2 MW. It generates roughly 1.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 169 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 3% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1278 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Falling Spring |
|---|---|
| Operator | Borough Of Chambersburg |
| City | Chambersburg |
| County | Franklin County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP | 17201 |
| Coordinates | 39.93890, -77.65830 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.2 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.0 MW | Operating | 1967 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.0 MW | Operating | 1967 |
| CO₂ | 1.1k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 24 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1278 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
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.