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Allegheny Hydro No 9

Hydro power plant · Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Nameplate capacity
18 MW
Rank in Pennsylvania
#156
of 273 plants
In service since
1990
December 1990

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
#10 of 19
EIA plant code
50898

Generating units

Individual generating units at Allegheny Hydro No 9
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric8.9 MW8.9 MW1990Operating
GEN2Conventional Hydroelectric8.9 MW8.9 MW1990Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 18 MW solar plant and a 18 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