Paxton Creek Cogeneration
Natural gas power plant · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Energy Center Paxton LLC
- County
- Dauphin County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #59 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 50373
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.3 MW | 6.0 MW | 1986 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.3 MW | 6.0 MW | 1986 | 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.
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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 13 MW solar plant and a 13 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