Power plants in Pennsylvania

268 operating power projects with 51,602 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.

Projects

268

Nameplate capacity

51,602 MW

Counties with a plant

56

Operators

187

Power markets: PJM prices

Capacity by fuel

MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.

Largest power plants in Pennsylvania

Top 50 · All 268 plants
PlantPrimary fuelMWCountyOperator
Peach BottomNuclear2,876YorkConstellation Nuclear
TalenEnergy SusquehannaNuclear2,532LuzerneTalenEnergy Susquehanna LLC
LimerickNuclear2,277MontgomeryConstellation Nuclear
ConemaughCoal1,951IndianaKeyCon Operating LLC
KeystoneCoal1,872ArmstrongKeyCon Operating LLC
Beaver ValleyNuclear1,847BeaverEnergy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC
TalenEnergy MontourNatural gas1,758MontourTalenEnergy Montour LLC
TalenEnergy Martins CreekNatural gas1,701NorthamptonTalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC
Brunner IslandNatural gas1,616YorkBrunner Island LLC
Lackawanna Energy CenterNatural gas1,499LackawannaInvenergy Services LLC

Pennsylvania power plants by fuel

Newest plants in Pennsylvania

Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.

Counties with the most capacity

Largest operators in Pennsylvania

Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.

All 268 plants in Pennsylvania, by county

Adams County 5 plants

Allegheny County 9 plants

Armstrong County 7 plants

Beaver County 8 plants

Berks County 9 plants

Bradford County 7 plants

Bucks County 8 plants

Cambria County 9 plants

Carbon County 4 plants

Centre County 5 plants

Chester County 7 plants

Clarion County 1 plant

Clearfield County 3 plants

Cumberland County 6 plants

Dauphin County 2 plants

Delaware County 5 plants

Elk County 1 plant

Erie County 4 plants

Fayette County 6 plants

Forest County 1 plant

Franklin County 14 plants

Fulton County 1 plant

Greene County 1 plant

Huntingdon County 1 plant

Indiana County 3 plants

Juniata County 1 plant

Lackawanna County 4 plants

Lancaster County 15 plants

Lawrence County 2 plants

Lebanon County 3 plants

Lehigh County 3 plants

Luzerne County 6 plants

Lycoming County 6 plants

Mercer County 1 plant

Monroe County 2 plants

Montgomery County 8 plants

Montour County 1 plant

Northampton County 9 plants

Perry County 1 plant

Philadelphia County 12 plants

Potter County 2 plants

Schuylkill County 8 plants

Snyder County 3 plants

Somerset County 13 plants

Susquehanna County 1 plant

Tioga County 3 plants

Union County 3 plants

Venango County 3 plants

Warren County 2 plants

Washington County 1 plant

Wayne County 2 plants

Westmoreland County 4 plants

Wyoming County 3 plants

York County 11 plants

Questions about power plants in Pennsylvania

How many power plants are in Pennsylvania?

EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 268 operating power projects in Pennsylvania, with 51,602 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.

What is the largest power plant in Pennsylvania?

Peach Bottom in York County, with 2,876.4 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is TalenEnergy Susquehanna, with 2,532 MW.

How much of Pennsylvania's capacity is nuclear?

9,532 MW, about 18% of nameplate capacity. 4 projects have nuclear as their primary fuel.

Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources