ARCHBALD POWER STATION

Operating

Biomass power plant

Capacity: 93 MW
Primary fuel: Biomass
County: Lackawanna County
Operator: PEI POWER CORP
Status: Operating
Commissioned: 1988
EIA plant ID: 50279
Generators: 4
Net generation (2024): 101 GWh
Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate): 12%
Data vintage: EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
Coordinates: 41.4849, -75.5403

ARCHBALD POWER STATION, a 93 MW Biomass power plant in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Operated by PEI POWER CORP, commissioned 1988.

How ARCHBALD POWER STATION compares

With 93 MW of capacity, ARCHBALD POWER STATION ranks 48th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and is the largest of the 21 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 19% of Pennsylvania's operating Biomass capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 25th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1988, it is older than 65% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 93 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 101 GWh in 2024 (a 12% capacity factor), down 34% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1988 and 2010.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP, about 0.6 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 129 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WAYMART WIND (65 MW, Wind).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology

Weather peril exposure

ARCHBALD POWER STATION is a 93 MW biomass power plant in Lackawanna County, PA, operated by PEI POWER CORP, commissioned in 1988. Lackawanna County carries low modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 1.2 of 5 at the 4th national percentile. Riverine flooding is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 75th percentile.

The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a biomass plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.

1.2 of 5Modeled catastrophe exposure

LowExposure band

Riverine floodingLeading peril

Relatively ModerateFEMA county risk rating

Lackawanna County hazard ratings

Peril	FEMA rating	National percentile	Peril score	Events per year
Riverine flooding	Relatively High	75th	4.0 of 5	1.7
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	66th	3.7 of 5	0.04
Winter weather	Relatively High	46th	2.8 of 5	13.8
Earthquake	Relatively Low	38th	2.5 of 5	<0.01
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	32nd	2.3 of 5	0.53
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	30th	2.2 of 5	2.7
Wildfire	Very Low	26th	2.0 of 5	<0.01
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	22nd	1.9 of 5	0.15
Lightning	Relatively High	11th	1.4 of 5	31.3
Hail	Very Low	10th	1.4 of 5	2.1
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	6th	1.2 of 5	2.5

Perils not assessed in Lackawanna County

These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.

Peril	Why it is not scored
Coastal flooding	FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county

Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Lackawanna County in the weather risk calculator

Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.

Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.