Conemaugh

Coal power plant · Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Nameplate capacity
1,963 MW
Rank in Pennsylvania
#4
of 273 plants
In service since
1970
February 1970

Details

Primary fuel
Coal
Technology
Conventional Steam Coal
Operator
KeyCon Operating LLC
County
Indiana County
Generating units
6
Share of state capacity
3.70%
Rank among coal plants in Pennsylvania
#1 of 13
EIA plant code
3118

Generating units

Individual generating units at Conemaugh
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Steam Coal976 MW850 MW1970Operating
2Conventional Steam Coal976 MW850 MW1971Operating
APetroleum Liquids3.0 MW2.8 MW1970Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
BPetroleum Liquids3.0 MW2.8 MW1970Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
CPetroleum Liquids3.0 MW2.8 MW1970Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
DPetroleum Liquids3.0 MW2.8 MW1970Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 1,963 MW solar plant and a 1,963 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