Lackawanna Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Invenergy Services LLC
- County
- Lackawanna County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 2.82%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #4 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 60357
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 500 MW | 454 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 500 MW | 454 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 500 MW | 454 MW | 2018 | 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
| TalenEnergy Martins Creek | Natural gas | 1,701 MW |
| Brunner Island | Natural gas | 1,616 MW |
| York Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,449 MW |
| Fairless Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,338 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 1,499 MW solar plant and a 1,499 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