Power plant · Pennsylvania, United States

Hazelton Power Plant

Hazelton Power Plant is an idle gas power plant in Pennsylvania, United States, with 172 MW of capacity, owned by Hazleton Generation LLC.

Grid connection

It is idle (standby or backup), holding a 172 MW grid connection at 69 kV to the grid of PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

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Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationPennsylvaniaEIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusIdle (standby or backup)EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year1989EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
OwnerHazleton Generation LLCEIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorHazleton Generation LLCEIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity172 MWEIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineEIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorPPL Electric Utilities CorpEIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage69 kVEIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates40.9282, -76.0409EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Hazelton is the 38th-largest of 42 power plants in Pennsylvania and the 911th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 172 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

WithinRankTotalShare
Pennsylvania38th of 4244,040 MW0.39%
United States911th of 1,009917,512 MW<0.1%
All power plants in our data1,993rd of 15,7991,918,113 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 94 mines (49 operating) and 3 data centers (1 operating, 108 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Beaver Brook Development ProjectMine—Closed4.2 km
Grape Run ExplorationMine—Closed4.6 km
Rail Mining OperationMine—Closed5.2 km
Amazon AWS PHLData center——19 km
Nautilus CryptomineData center——20 km
AWS BerwickData center108 MWOperating20 km

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