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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Pennsylvania, sorted by type and name.

Coal power stations

Name Location (County) Coordinates Capacity (MW)
Brunner Island Steam Electric Station York 40°05′44″N 76°41′49″W / 40.09556°N 76.69694°W / 40.09556; -76.69694 (Brunner Island Steam Electric Station) 1,567
Cheswick Generating Station Allegheny 40°32′18″N 79°47′29″W / 40.53833°N 79.79139°W / 40.53833; -79.79139 (Cheswick Generating Station) 635
Conemaugh Generating Station Indiana 40°23′05″N 79°03′49″W / 40.38472°N 79.06361°W / 40.38472; -79.06361 (Conemaugh Generating Station) 1,872
Homer City Generating Station Indiana 40°30′39″N 79°11′37″W / 40.51083°N 79.19361°W / 40.51083; -79.19361 (Homer City Generating Station) 2,022
Keystone Generating Station Armstrong 40°39′36″N 79°20′27″W / 40.66000°N 79.34083°W / 40.66000; -79.34083 (Keystone Generating Station) 1,872
Montour Power Plant Montour 41°04′13″N 76°39′52″W / 41.07028°N 76.66444°W / 41.07028; -76.66444 (Montour Power Plant) 1,624
Wheelabrator Frackville Schuylkill 40°48′06″N 76°10′30″W / 40.80167°N 76.17500°W / 40.80167; -76.17500 (Wheelabrator Frackville) 48

Natural Gas power stations

The Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station reservoir. Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River can be seen on the left.
Name Location (County) Coordinates Capacity (MW)
Panda Hummel[1] Snyder 1,125
Panda Liberty Bradford 829
Panda Patriot Lycoming 829
Tenaska Westmoreland[2] Smithton 40°10′53.8″N 79°42′29.6″W / 40.181611°N 79.708222°W / 40.181611; -79.708222 (Tenaska Westmoreland) 940

Hydroelectric power stations

Name Location (County) Coordinates Capacity (MW)
Allegheny Hydro Partners (Freeport) Armstrong 6
Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 6 Armstrong 8
Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 8 Armstrong 13.6
Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 9 Armstrong 17.8
Beaver Valley- Patterson Beaver 1.2
Conemaugh Dam Indiana and Westmoreland 40°28′05.04″N 79°21′58.44″W / 40.4680667°N 79.3662333°W / 40.4680667; -79.3662333 14
Holtwood Dam Lancaster and York 39°49′37″N 76°20′07″W / 39.82694°N 76.33528°W / 39.82694; -76.33528 (Holtwood Dam) 109
Mahoning Creek Armstrong 6.6
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility Lancaster 39°48′29″N 76°17′53″W / 39.80806°N 76.29806°W / 39.80806; -76.29806 (Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility) 1,071
Piney Hydroelectric Clarion 27
PPL HW Wallenpaupack Pike and Wayne 44
Safe Harbor Dam Lancaster and York 39°55′14″N 76°23′33″W / 39.92056°N 76.39250°W / 39.92056; -76.39250 (Safe Harbor Dam) 422.5
Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station Warren 41°50′21″N 79°00′13″W / 41.83917°N 79.00361°W / 41.83917; -79.00361 (Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station) 435
Townsend Hydro Beaver 4.2
Warrior Ridge Hydro Huntingdon 2.8
William F. Matson Huntingdon 40°26′01″N 78°00′24″W / 40.43361°N 78.00667°W / 40.43361; -78.00667 21
York Haven Dam Dauphin, Lancaster and York 40°07′03″N 76°42′55″W / 40.11750°N 76.71528°W / 40.11750; -76.71528 (York Haven Dam) 20
Yough Hydro Power Fayette & Somerset 12.2

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration[3]

Nuclear power stations

View of former Three Mile Island NPP along the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Name Location (County) Coordinates Capacity (MW)
Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station Beaver 40°37′23″N 80°25′50″W / 40.62306°N 80.43056°W / 40.62306; -80.43056 (Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station) 1,835
Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Montgomery 40°13′35″N 75°35′14″W / 40.22639°N 75.58722°W / 40.22639; -75.58722 (Limerick Nuclear Power Plant) 2,296
Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station York 39°45′30″N 76°16′5″W / 39.75833°N 76.26806°W / 39.75833; -76.26806 (Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station) 2,251
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Luzerne 41°5′19″N 76°8′56″W / 41.08861°N 76.14889°W / 41.08861; -76.14889 (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station) 2,520

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (MW Totals as of August 2014)

Wind power stations

Main article: Wind power in Pennsylvania § Wind farms
Name Location (County) Number of Wind mills Capacity (MW)
Armenia Mountain Wind Bradford & Tioga 71 100.5
Laurel Hill Wind Lycoming 31 69
Locust Ridge Schuylkill 12 26
Locust Ridge II Schuylkill 25 102
Mehoopany Wind Energy Wyoming 86 142.6
Sandy Ridge Wind Farm Blair & Centre 25 48.2
Waymart Wind Wayne 43 64.5
Wind Park- Bear Creek Luzerne 12 24

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

Former

Name Type Location (County) Coordinates Capacity (MW) Decommissioned
Armstrong Power Plant Natural Gas/Diesel Armstrong 40°55′45″N 79°27′59″W / 40.92917°N 79.46639°W / 40.92917; -79.46639 (Armstrong Power Plant) 600 N/A
Chester Waterside Station[4] Coal, natural gas Delaware 39°49′45″N 75°23′2″W / 39.82917°N 75.38389°W / 39.82917; -75.38389 (Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company) 1,242 1981
Hatfield's Ferry Power Station Coal Greene 39°51′20″N 79°55′39″W / 39.85556°N 79.92750°W / 39.85556; -79.92750 (Hatfield's Ferry Power Station) 1,700 2013
Mitchell Power Station Coal, oil Washington 40°13′16″N 79°58′6″W / 40.22111°N 79.96833°W / 40.22111; -79.96833 (Mitchell Power Station) 370 2014
Frank R. Phillips Power Station Coal Beaver 40°34′8″N 80°13′43″W / 40.56889°N 80.22861°W / 40.56889; -80.22861 (Frank R. Phillips Power Station) 1990s
George F. Weaton Power Station Coal Beaver 40°40′2″N 80°20′46″W / 40.66722°N 80.34611°W / 40.66722; -80.34611 (George F. Weaton Power Station) 110 2012
Bruce Mansfield Power Plant Coal Beaver 40°38′06″N 80°24′55″W / 40.63500°N 80.41528°W / 40.63500; -80.41528 (Bruce Mansfield Generating Station) 2,490 2019
Cromby Generating Station[5] Coal Chester 40°9′11″N 75°31′44″W / 40.15306°N 75.52889°W / 40.15306; -75.52889 (Cromby Generating Station) 118 2011
Sunbury Generation Plant[6] Coal Snyder 400 2014
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Nuclear Dauphin 40°09′14″N 76°43′29″W / 40.15389°N 76.72472°W / 40.15389; -76.72472 (Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station) 805 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/panda-hummel-power-plant-operating-smoothly/article_85c33949-ef1c-5a6f-8d72-47cbbde24fee.html
  2. ^ http://www.tenaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Westmoreland.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.eia.gov/state/maps.cfm
  4. ^ http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa3600/pa3680/data/pa3680data.pdf
  5. ^ https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cromby_Generating_Station
  6. ^ https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/09/landmark_former_coal-fired_gen.html
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