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Hickory Run Energy Station

Natural gas power plant · Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Nameplate capacity
1,034 MW
Rank in Pennsylvania
#19
of 273 plants
In service since
2020
May 2020

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Hickory Run Energy, LLC
County
Lawrence County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
1.95%
Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
#12 of 72
EIA plant code
61028

Generating units

Individual generating units at Hickory Run Energy Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
STG1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle444 MW414 MW2020Operating
CTG1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle295 MW274 MW2020Operating
CTG2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle295 MW275 MW2020Operating

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 1,034 MW solar plant and a 1,034 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