MOSER GENERATING STATION

Operating

Oil power plant

Capacity
64 MW
Primary fuel
Oil
County
Montgomery County
Operator
EXELON POWER
Status
Operating
Commissioned
1970
EIA plant ID
3163
Generators
3
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Net generation (2024)
0.187 GWh
Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
under 0.1%
Data vintage
EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
Coordinates
40.2352, -75.6193

See it on the map

MOSER GENERATING STATION, a 64 MW Oil power plant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Operated by EXELON POWER, commissioned 1970.

How MOSER GENERATING STATION compares

With 64 MW of capacity, MOSER GENERATING STATION ranks 63rd among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 6th of the 17 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.0% of Pennsylvania's operating Oil capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 58th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1970, it is older than 84% 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 Montgomery County with 4 other operating plants, including LIMERICK and WEST POINT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 64 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 0.187 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is LIMERICK (230KV SUB) (230 kV), about 1.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by PECO ENERGY CO, about 0.9 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 3,139 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is LIMERICK (2,277 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Quonix Datacenter (2401 Locust St) in Philadelphia, about 30.4 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

Weather peril exposure

MOSER GENERATING STATION is a 64 MW oil power plant in Montgomery County, PA, operated by EXELON POWER, commissioned in 1970. Montgomery County carries low modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 1.1 of 5 at the 3rd national percentile. Earthquake is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 67th percentile.

The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to an oil plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.

1.1 of 5Modeled catastrophe exposure
LowExposure band
EarthquakeLeading peril
Relatively HighFEMA county risk rating

Montgomery County hazard ratings

PerilFEMA ratingNational percentilePeril scoreEvents per year
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate67th3.7 of 5<0.01
HurricaneRelatively Moderate65th3.6 of 50.08
Winter weatherVery High61st3.4 of 512.4
Riverine floodingRelatively High37th2.5 of 55.7
Heat waveRelatively High35th2.4 of 59.6
TornadoRelatively High30th2.2 of 50.25
Strong windVery High24th2.0 of 57.0
LightningRelatively Moderate20th1.8 of 534.6
WildfireVery Low14th1.6 of 5<0.01
Ice stormRelatively Moderate9th1.4 of 51.4
HailRelatively Low9th1.4 of 52.6

Perils not assessed in Montgomery County

These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.

PerilWhy it is not scored
Coastal floodingFEMA rating is "No Rating" for this county

Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Montgomery County in the weather risk calculator

Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.

Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.