18th largest plant in Pennsylvania · 275th nationally
Moxie Freedom Generation Plant is a natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania with a nameplate capacity of 1,105 MW. It generates roughly 7.0M MWh per year — enough to power about 670,715 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 73% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 790 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 (1,105 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 | Moxie Freedom Generation Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Moxie Freedom Llc |
| City | Salem Township |
| County | Luzerne County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP | 18603 |
| Coordinates | 41.11306, -76.15806 |
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 | 553 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 553 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| CO₂ | 2.8M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 14 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 144 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 790 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.