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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania has 214 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 47.7 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 45% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 23.9%. The largest plant we track is Peach Bottom (2,876 MW, online since 1974).

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214 Tracked plants
47.7 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
10 Fuel types

Pennsylvania electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 45% 21.5 GW Coal 23.9% 11.4 GW Nuclear 20% 9.5 GW Hydro 5.1% 2.4 GW Wind 3.1% 1.5 GW Oil 1.8% 0.9 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.7% 0.3 GW Solar 0.2% 0.1 GW Biomass 0.1% 0.1 GW Battery Storage 0.1% 0 GW

Largest plants in Pennsylvania

01 Peach Bottom Nuclear · 1974 2,876 MW 02 TalenEnergy Susquehanna Nuclear · 1984 2,532 MW 03 Limerick Nuclear · 1988 2,277 MW 04 Homer City Generating Station Coal · 1971 2,012 MW 05 Conemaugh Coal · 1970 1,963 MW 06 Keystone Coal · 1967 1,883 MW 07 Beaver Valley Nuclear · 1981 1,847 MW 08 TalenEnergy Montour Coal · 1972 1,758 MW 09 Lackawanna Energy Center Natural Gas · 2018 1,665 MW 10 Brunner Island Coal · 1966 1,616 MW 11 York Energy Center Natural Gas · 2015 1,449 MW 12 CPV Fairview Energy Center Natural Gas · 2020 1,197 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Pennsylvania get its electricity?

Across the 214 plants we track in Pennsylvania, capacity is led by natural gas at 45%, then coal at 23.9%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Pennsylvania?

The largest plant in our Pennsylvania catalog is Peach Bottom, a nuclear facility with 2,876 MW (commissioned 1974).

How many power plants are in Pennsylvania?

Our catalog tracks 214 power plants in Pennsylvania totalling 47.7 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Illinois 205 plants Georgia 182 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Georgia 39.2 GW New York 38.4 GW

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