BRUNOT ISLAND

How BRUNOT ISLAND compares

With 416 MW of capacity, BRUNOT ISLAND ranks 30th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 12th of the 28 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.9% of Pennsylvania's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 367th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 77% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NRG POWER MIDWEST LP, runs 2 operating plants in Pennsylvania totaling 771 MW. It shares Allegheny County with 5 other operating plants, including ALLEGHENY ENERGY UNITS 3 4 & 5 and FIRSTENERGY ALLEGHENY ENERGY UNITS 1 & 2.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 365 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 416 MW). Net generation was 54.1 GWh in 2024 (a 1.7% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1972 and 1974.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is YUKON (500 kV), about 24.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by DUQUESNE LIGHT CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 2,595 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BEAVER VALLEY (1,847 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is Crown Castle Pittsburgh (Allegheny Center Mall) in Pittsburgh, about 2.2 miles away.

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