CHESTER GENERATING STATION

How CHESTER GENERATING STATION compares

With 56 MW of capacity, CHESTER GENERATING STATION ranks 69th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 9th of the 17 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.8% of Pennsylvania's operating Oil capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 70th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1969, it is older than 86% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, EXELON POWER, runs 11 operating plants in Pennsylvania totaling 2,992 MW. It shares Chester County with 4 other operating plants, including SECCRA COMMUNITY LANDFILL and PICKERING SOLAR.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 56 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 0.128 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DELCO TAP (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PECO ENERGY CO, about 0.2 miles away. Another 36 operating power plants totaling 5,891 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HAY ROAD (1,193 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is IPR Wilmington CCC in Wilmington, about 10.4 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