50th largest plant in Pennsylvania · 1997th nationally
Hunlock Power Station is a natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania with a nameplate capacity of 146 MW. It generates roughly 603.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 57,430 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 47% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 958 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (146 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 | Hunlock Power Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Hunlock Energy, Llc |
| City | Hunlock Creek |
| County | Luzerne County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP | 18621 |
| Coordinates | 41.20056, -76.07000 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 49.9 MW | Operating | 1959 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 48.0 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 48.0 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| CO₂ | 288.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 25 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 958 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.