NEW CASTLE PLANT

How NEW CASTLE PLANT compares

With 354 MW of capacity, NEW CASTLE PLANT ranks 31st among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 8th of the 20 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.4% of Pennsylvania's operating Coal capacity and 0.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 182nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1952, it is older than 94% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NRG POWER MIDWEST LP, runs 2 operating plants in Pennsylvania totaling 771 MW.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 354 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 696 GWh in 2024 (a 22% capacity factor), up 41% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1952 and 1968.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is KEISTER, about 19.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by PENNSYLVANIA POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 1,858 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BEAVER VALLEY (1,847 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is Crown Castle Pittsburgh (Allegheny Center Mall) in Pittsburgh, about 38.7 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