Archbald Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- PEI Power Corp
- County
- Lackawanna County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #36 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 50279
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 61 MW | 44 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 23 MW | 20 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Landfill Gas | 4.6 MW | 4.0 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| GEN6 | Landfill Gas | 4.6 MW | 4.0 MW | 2010 | 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
| Scrubgrass Reclamation CO. LP. | Coal | 95 MW |
| Panther Creek Energy Facility | Coal | 94 MW |
| West Point (PA) | Natural gas | 91 MW |
| Big Level Wind | Wind | 90 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 93 MW solar plant and a 93 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