Beaver Valley
Nuclear power plant · Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC
- County
- Beaver County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 3.48%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Pennsylvania
- #4 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 6040
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 923 MW | 907 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 2 | Nuclear | 923 MW | 901 MW | 1987 | 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
| Conemaugh | Coal | 1,963 MW |
| Keystone | Coal | 1,883 MW |
| TalenEnergy Montour | Natural gas | 1,758 MW |
| TalenEnergy Martins Creek | Natural gas | 1,701 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 1,847 MW solar plant and a 1,847 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