SAFE HARBOR

How SAFE HARBOR compares

With 418 MW of capacity, SAFE HARBOR ranks 29th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 3rd of the 18 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 18% of Pennsylvania's operating Hydro capacity and 1.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 54th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1931, it is older than 96% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Lancaster County with 10 other operating plants, including MUDDY RUN and PPL HOLTWOOD.

EIA-860 lists 14 generators at the site with 418 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 1,020 GWh in 2024 (a 28% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1931 and 1986.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is PEACH BOTTOM (500 kV), about 12.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 132 kV line owned by PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES CORP, under 0.1 miles away. Another 18 operating power plants totaling 8,085 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PEACH BOTTOM (2,319 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is USNAMES-NET in Wilmington, about 42.6 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