Hazelton
Natural gas power plant · Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Hazleton Generation LLC
- County
- Luzerne County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.32%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #33 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 10870
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 73 MW | 59 MW | 1989 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 33 MW | 28 MW | 2002 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 33 MW | 29 MW | 2002 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 33 MW | 29 MW | 2002 | Standby/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.
Similarly sized plants in Pennsylvania
| Portland (PA) | Other | 194 MW |
| Grays Ferry Cogeneration | Natural gas | 193 MW |
| Great Cove Solar II | Solar | 150 MW |
| Hunlock Power Station | Natural gas | 146 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 172 MW solar plant and a 172 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