Mon Valley Works

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP52 MW capacity

95th largest plant in Pennsylvania · 3508th nationally

Mon Valley Works is a other fossil power plant in Pennsylvania with a nameplate capacity of 52.5 MW. It generates roughly 473.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 45,114 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 103% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%100%
Baseload — runs around the clock

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 46.1k MWh (118% of capacity)JFeb: 44.1k MWh (125% of capacity)FMar: 35.9k MWh (92% of capacity)MApr: 42.2k MWh (112% of capacity)AMay: 28.4k MWh (73% of capacity)MJun: 21.6k MWh (57% of capacity)JJul: 22.8k MWh (58% of capacity)JAug: 34.3k MWh (88% of capacity)ASep: 31.3k MWh (83% of capacity)SOct: 40.6k MWh (104% of capacity)ONov: 41.5k MWh (110% of capacity)NDec: 42.0k MWh (108% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (52.5 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.

Capacity53 MWnameplate
Annual Generation473.7k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor103%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂metric tons

Location

Plant NameMon Valley Works
OperatorUnited States Steel-Mon Valley
CityDravosburg
CountyAllegheny County
StatePennsylvania
ZIP15034
Coordinates40.39250, -79.85640

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

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Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas25.0 MWOperating1943
GEN2Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas25.0 MWOperating1943
GEN3Other GasesBlast Furnace Gas2.5 MWOperating2002

Emissions (annual)

NOₓ27 metric tons

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityPjm Interconnection, Llc

About Other Fossil plants

Mon Valley Works is a federally registered power generation facility in Pennsylvania.

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