Chester Operations
Natural gas power plant · Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Kimberly-Clark Corp
- County
- Delaware County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #41 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 50410
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 17 MW | 14 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| 6A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 17 MW | 14 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 17 MW | 14 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| 7A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 17 MW | 14 MW | 2020 | 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
| Southwark | Other | 74 MW |
| Great Cove Solar | Solar | 70 MW |
| Laurel Hill Wind | Wind | 69 MW |
| Northumberland Solar | Solar | 65 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 69 MW solar plant and a 69 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