List of power stations in Pennsylvania
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This is a list of electricity-generating power station
s in Pennsylvania
, sorted by type and name.
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
s in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, sorted by type and name.
Hydroelectric power stations
Name | Location (County) | Coordinates Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | Status |
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Holtwood Dam Holtwood Dam Holtwood Dam is the oldest of three major dams built across the lower Susquehanna River, and the middle location of the three. It was constructed as the McCalls Ferry Dam between 1905 and 1910 by the Pennsylvania Water & Power Company... |
Lancaster Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the... and York York County, Pennsylvania York County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 434,972. It is in the Susquehanna Valley, a large fertile agricultural region in South Central Pennsylvania.... |
39°49′37"N 76°20′07"W | 109 | Operational |
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is a pumped-storage hydroelectric generation facility in Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, USA. When completed in 1968, Muddy Run was the largest pumped-storage facility in the world... |
Lancaster | 39°48′29"N 76°17′53"W | 1,071 | Operational |
Safe Harbor Dam Safe Harbor Dam The Safe Harbor Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the lower Susquehanna River with an associated hydroelectric power station. It is the most northerly and last of three Great Depression-era public electrification projects' hydroelectric dams and was constructed between 1 April 1930 and 7 December... |
Lancaster and York | 39°55′14"N 76°23′33"W | 2,035 | Operational |
Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station The Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant using pumped storage of water to generate electric power. It is located near Warren, Pennsylvania in Warren County.... |
Warren Warren County, Pennsylvania Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 41,815. It was formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805 and then to Venango County until Warren was formally organized in 1819. Its county... |
41°50′21"N 79°00′13"W | 435 | Operational |
York Haven Dam York Haven Dam York Haven Dam is a low head, run-of-the river, dam and hydroelectric plant on the Susquehanna River, United States. The dam is south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the Conewago Falls, where the river drops 19 feet in 1/4 mile... |
Dauphin Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Dauphin County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 census, the population was 268,100. The county includes the city of Harrisburg, which has served as the state capital... , Lancaster and York |
40°07′03"N 76°42′55"W | 20 | Operational |
Nuclear power stations
Name | Location (County) | Coordinates Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | Status |
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Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station Beaver Valley Power Station is a nuclear power plant covering near Shippingport, Pennsylvania, west by north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The Beaver Valley plant is operated by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Corporation... |
Beaver Beaver County, Pennsylvania -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 181,412 people, 72,576 households, and 50,512 families residing in the county. The population density was 418 people per square mile . There were 77,765 housing units at an average density of 179 per square mile... |
40°37′23"N 80°25′50"W | 1,890 | Operational |
Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Limerick Nuclear Power Plant The Limerick Generating Station in Pennsylvania is located next to the Schuylkill River in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, northwest of Philadelphia. The facility has two General Electric boiling water reactor units, cooled by natural draft cooling towers... |
Montgomery Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part... |
40°13′35"N 75°35′14"W | 2,268 | Operational |
Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, a nuclear power plant, is located southeast of Harrisburg in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River on the Maryland border.... |
York York County, Pennsylvania York County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 434,972. It is in the Susquehanna Valley, a large fertile agricultural region in South Central Pennsylvania.... |
39°45′30"N 76°16′5"W | 2,224 | Operational |
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Susquehanna Steam Electric Station The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a nuclear power station, is in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, just south of Shickshinny, in Salem Township, Pennsylvania, United States... |
Luzerne Luzerne County, Pennsylvania - Demographics :As of the 2010 census, the county was 90.7% White, 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 3.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% were two or more races. 6.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino ancestry... |
41°5′19"N 76°8′56"W | 2,275 | Operational |
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is a civilian nuclear power plant located on Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna River, south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It has two separate units, known as TMI-1 and TMI-2... |
Dauphin Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Dauphin County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 census, the population was 268,100. The county includes the city of Harrisburg, which has served as the state capital... |
40°09′14"N 76°43′29"W | 802 | Operational |