Power plant · Pennsylvania, United States

Sunbury Generation LP

Sunbury Generation LP is an idle power plant in Pennsylvania, United States, with 52.7 MW of capacity, owned by Sunbury Generation LP.

Grid connection

It is idle (standby or backup), holding a 53 MW grid connection at 230 kV to the grid of PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

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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	Idle (standby or backup)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1967	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Sunbury Generation LP	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Sunbury Generation LP	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	52.7 MW	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Petroleum Liquids	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	PPL Electric Utilities Corp	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	230 kV (levels 230, 138, 69 kV)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	40.8361, -76.8250	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Sunbury Generation LP is the 42nd-largest of 42 power plants in Pennsylvania and the 1,003rd-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 52.7 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	42nd of 42	44,040 MW	0.12%
United States	1,003rd of 1,009	917,512 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	3,569th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 69 mines (30 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
King Coal No 1 Stripping	Mine	—	Closed	7.1 km
Trevorton Breaker	Mine	—	Operating	13 km
Bottom Rock Slope	Mine	—	Closed	14 km

Owner, operator, grid operator and place

Sunbury Generation LPOwner
Sunbury Generation LPOperator
PPL Electric Utilities CorpGrid operator
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Data on this page

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