DELAWARE GENERATING STATION

How DELAWARE GENERATING STATION compares

With 77 MW of capacity, DELAWARE GENERATING STATION ranks 56th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 4th of the 17 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.5% of Pennsylvania's operating Oil capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 48th-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 Philadelphia County with 7 other operating plants, including GRAYS FERRY COGENERATION and RICHMOND GENERATING STATION.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 77 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 0.169 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%). Its generators came online between 1969 and 1970.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DELAWARE (69 kV), under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by PECO ENERGY CO, about 0.1 miles away. Another 37 operating power plants totaling 5,876 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FAIRLESS ENERGY CENTER (1,338 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix PH1 - Philadelphia in Philadelphia, about 1.9 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