Northampton Generating Company LP
Coal power plant · Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- EIF Northampton GP, LLC
- County
- Northampton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.25%
- Rank among coal plants in Pennsylvania
- #4 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 50888
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 134 MW | 112 MW | 1995 | 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
| Mehoopany Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 141 MW |
| Twin Ridges Wind Farm | Wind | 139 MW |
| Richmond Generating Station | Other | 132 MW |
| Procter & Gamble Mehoopany Mill | Natural gas | 120 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 134 MW solar plant and a 134 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