Portland (PA)
Other power plant · Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Portland Power, LLC
- County
- Northampton County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.37%
- Rank among other plants in Pennsylvania
- #2 of 58
- EIA plant code
- 3113
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 156 MW | 141 MW | 1997 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 20 MW | 21 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 18 MW | 16 MW | 1967 | 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
| Handsome Lake Energy LLC | Natural gas | 295 MW |
| Holtwood | Hydro | 247 MW |
| Grays Ferry Cogeneration | Natural gas | 193 MW |
| Hazelton | Natural gas | 172 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 194 MW solar plant and a 194 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