EDDYSTONE GENERATING STATION

How EDDYSTONE GENERATING STATION compares

With 862 MW of capacity, EDDYSTONE GENERATING STATION ranks 15th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 5th of the 20 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.2% of Pennsylvania's operating Coal capacity and 2.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 120th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1967, it is older than 88% 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 Delaware County with 4 other operating plants, including FPL ENERGY MARCUS HOOK LP and LIBERTY ELECTRIC POWER PLANT.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 862 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 60.8 GWh in 2024 (a 0.8% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1967 and 1976.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is EDDYSTONE (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PECO ENERGY CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 36 operating power plants totaling 5,168 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 Quonix Datacenter (2401 Locust St) in Philadelphia, about 9.9 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