How many coal power plants are in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania has 13 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 5.2 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest coal power plant in Pennsylvania?

Conemaugh in Indiana County, Pennsylvania is the largest, at 1,951 MW. It came online in 1971.

How many coal power plants were built in Pennsylvania in 2025?

0 coal power plants came online in Pennsylvania in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing coal power plants in Pennsylvania?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Coal power plants in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 13 operating coal power plants with 5.2 GW of capacity.

Operating13

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Pennsylvania had 13 coal power plants online in 2016 and 13 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Coal power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest coal power plants in Pennsylvania

Operating, by capacity

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Conemaugh	Indiana County	1971	1,951 MW
2	Keystone	Armstrong County	1968	1,872 MW
3	Seward (PA)	Indiana County	2004	585 MW
4	Northampton Generating Company LP	Northampton County	1995	134 MW
5	Colver Green Energy	Cambria County	1995	118 MW
6	St Nicholas Cogen Project	Schuylkill County	1990	99 MW
7	Scrubgrass Reclamation CO. LP.	Venango County	1993	95 MW
8	Panther Creek Energy Facility	Carbon County	1992	94 MW
9	John B Rich Memorial Power Station	Schuylkill County	1988	88 MW
10	Ebensburg Power	Cambria County	1990	58 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in Pennsylvania

Newest first

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Seward (PA)	Indiana County	2004	585 MW
2	Northampton Generating Company LP	Northampton County	1995	134 MW
3	Colver Green Energy	Cambria County	1995	118 MW
4	Scrubgrass Reclamation CO. LP.	Venango County	1993	95 MW
5	Panther Creek Energy Facility	Carbon County	1992	94 MW
6	Ebensburg Power	Cambria County	1990	58 MW
7	St Nicholas Cogen Project	Schuylkill County	1990	99 MW
8	Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Cogen	Northumberland County	1990	47 MW
9	Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC - Spring	York County	1989	46 MW
10	John B Rich Memorial Power Station	Schuylkill County	1988	88 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks coal power plants

Operating coal power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about coal power plants in Pennsylvania

How many coal power plants are in Pennsylvania?: Pennsylvania has 13 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 5.2 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in Pennsylvania?: Conemaugh in Indiana County, Pennsylvania is the largest, at 1,951 MW. It came online in 1971.
How many coal power plants were built in Pennsylvania in 2025?: 0 coal power plants came online in Pennsylvania in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in Pennsylvania?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.