Power plant · Pennsylvania, United States
Shawville Power Plant
Shawville Power Plant is a gas power plant in Pennsylvania, United States, with 632 MW of capacity, owned by Shawville Power, LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Pennsylvania | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1954 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Shawville Power, LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shawville Power, LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 632 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Pennsylvania Electric Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 230 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 41.0675, -78.3662 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Shawville is the 32nd-largest of 42 power plants in Pennsylvania and the 602nd-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 632 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 32nd of 42 | 44,040 MW | 1.4% |
| United States | 602nd of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 953rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 43 mines (14 operating) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swisher Contracting Inc. | Mine | — | Closed | 4.0 km |
| Ogden | Mine | — | Operating | 6.2 km |
| Powerline Job | Mine | — | Closed | 7.1 km |
| Iron City No. 1 Power Generator and Compute Center | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Pennsylvania
- Peach Bottom2,876 MW
- TalenEnergy Susquehanna2,532 MW
- Limerick2,277 MW
- Conemaugh1,963 MW
- Keystone1,883 MW
- Beaver Valley1,847 MW
- TalenEnergy Montour1,758 MW
- TalenEnergy Martins Creek1,701 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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