11th largest plant in Pennsylvania · 152nd nationally
Lackawanna Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania with a nameplate capacity of 1,499 MW. It generates roughly 10.5M MWh per year — enough to power about 996,999 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 80% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 780 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 (1,499 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 | Lackawanna Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Invenergy Services Llc |
| City | Jessup |
| County | Lackawanna County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP | 18434 |
| Coordinates | 41.47139, -75.54417 |
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 | 500 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 500 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 500 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| CO₂ | 4.1M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 21 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 167 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 780 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.