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Natural gas power plant · Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Edgewater Generation, LLC
- County
- Bucks County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 2.52%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #6 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 55298
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 271 MW | 258 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 271 MW | 258 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| CT1A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 191 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| CT1B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 191 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| CT2A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 191 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| CT2B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 191 MW | 2004 | 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
| Lackawanna Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,499 MW |
| York Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,449 MW |
| CPV Fairview Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,197 MW |
| Hummel Station LLC | Natural gas | 1,194 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 1,338 MW solar plant and a 1,338 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