Crane Clean Energy Center
Nuclear power plant · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Constellation Nuclear
- County
- Dauphin County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.85%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Pennsylvania
- #5 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 8011
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 981 MW | 803 MW | 1974 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Muddy Run | Hydro | 1,072 MW |
| Hickory Run Energy Station | Natural gas | 1,034 MW |
| Hunterstown Power Plant | Natural gas | 898 MW |
| Hamilton Liberty | Natural gas | 870 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 981 MW solar plant and a 981 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