Allegheny Hydro No 8
Hydro power plant · Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Allegheny Hydro LP
- County
- Armstrong County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Pennsylvania
- #12 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 50897
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 6.8 MW | 6.8 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 6.8 MW | 6.8 MW | 1990 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Pennsylvania
| West Campus Steam Plant | Natural gas | 14 MW |
| Spring Lane | Solar | 14 MW |
| Whitetail Solar 1 | Solar | 14 MW |
| Paxton Creek Cogeneration | Natural gas | 13 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 14 MW solar plant and a 14 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Pennsylvania power plants · What Pennsylvania actually generates