Birdsboro Power
Natural gas power plant · Berks County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Birdsboro Power LLC
- County
- Berks County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.99%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #27 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 61035
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 525 MW | 485 MW | 2019 | 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
| Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 | Natural gas | 556 MW |
| Croydon CT Generating Station | Other | 546 MW |
| Seneca Generation LLC | Hydro | 438 MW |
| Safe Harbor | Hydro | 418 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 525 MW solar plant and a 525 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