HUNLOCK POWER STATION

How HUNLOCK POWER STATION compares

With 146 MW of capacity, HUNLOCK POWER STATION ranks 35th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 9th of the 20 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.4% of Pennsylvania's operating Coal capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 213th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1959, it is older than 92% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, UGI DEVELOPMENT CO, runs 2 operating plants in Pennsylvania totaling 149 MW. It shares Luzerne County with 6 other operating plants, including PPL SUSQUEHANNA and HAZELTON.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 146 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 631 GWh in 2024 (a 49% capacity factor), down 3% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1959 and 2011.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SUSQUEHANNA, about 8.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP, about 0.4 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 3,004 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PPL SUSQUEHANNA (2,596 MW, Nuclear).

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