John B Rich Memorial Power Station
Coal power plant · Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Gilberton Power Co
- County
- Schuylkill County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among coal plants in Pennsylvania
- #10 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 10113
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 88 MW | 80 MW | 1988 | 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
| Big Level Wind | Wind | 90 MW |
| Covanta Delaware Valley | Other | 90 MW |
| Chambersburg | Natural gas | 88 MW |
| Gans | Natural gas | 88 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 88 MW solar plant and a 88 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