HUNTERSTOWN

How HUNTERSTOWN compares

With 898 MW of capacity, HUNTERSTOWN ranks 14th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 3rd of the 28 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.4% of Pennsylvania's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 126th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2003, it is newer than 56% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NRG WHOLESALE GENERATION LP, runs 2 operating plants in Pennsylvania totaling 1,483 MW. It shares Adams County with 3 other operating plants, including HUNTERSTOWN and ORRTANNA.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 898 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 5,465 GWh in 2024 (a 69% capacity factor), down 8% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by METROPOLITAN EDISON CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 293 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is P H GLATFELTER (110 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Lumen Baltimore in Baltimore, about 49.6 miles away.

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