PPL MARTINS CREEK

How PPL MARTINS CREEK compares

With 1,790 MW of capacity, PPL MARTINS CREEK ranks 7th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and is the largest of the 17 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 57% of Pennsylvania's operating Oil capacity and 4.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 2nd-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1975, it is older than 75% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PPL MARTINS CREEK LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Pennsylvania totaling 1,830 MW. It shares Northampton County with 5 other operating plants, including BETHLEHEM POWER PLANT and LOWER MOUNT BETHEL ENERGY.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,701 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 2,577 GWh in 2024 (a 17% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1975 and 1977.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is STEEL CITY (500 kV), about 16.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by METROPOLITAN EDISON CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 16 operating power plants totaling 3,185 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BETHLEHEM POWER PLANT (1,300 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Piscataway (PNJ1) in Piscataway, about 36.6 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