WEST POINT

How WEST POINT compares

With 86 MW of capacity, WEST POINT ranks 54th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 19th of the 28 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.8% of Pennsylvania's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 710th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 77% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Montgomery County with 4 other operating plants, including LIMERICK and MOSER GENERATING STATION.

EIA-860 lists 15 generators at the site with 91 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 272 GWh in 2024. Its generators came online between 1972 and 2024.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NORTH WALES (230 kV), about 0.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PECO ENERGY CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 23 operating power plants totaling 5,601 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is LIMERICK (2,277 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 5 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix PH1 - Philadelphia in Philadelphia, about 19.0 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