23rd largest plant in Pennsylvania · 382nd nationally
Hamilton Patriot Generation Plant is a natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania with a nameplate capacity of 870 MW. It generates roughly 6.4M MWh per year — enough to power about 609,467 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 84% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 782 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (870 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Hamilton Patriot Generation Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Hamilton Operating Services, Llc |
| City | Montgomery |
| County | Lycoming County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP | 17752 |
| Coordinates | 41.18083, -76.83917 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 435 MW | Operating | 2016 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 435 MW | Operating | 2016 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Patriot Llc | Charlotte, NC | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 2.5M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 13 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 131 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 782 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.