Richmond Generating Station
Other power plant · Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Constellation Power, Inc
- County
- Philadelphia County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.25%
- Rank among other plants in Pennsylvania
- #3 of 58
- EIA plant code
- 3168
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Petroleum Liquids | 66 MW | 49 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 92 | Petroleum Liquids | 66 MW | 49 MW | 1973 | 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
| Twin Ridges Wind Farm | Wind | 139 MW |
| Northampton Generating Company LP | Coal | 134 MW |
| Procter & Gamble Mehoopany Mill | Natural gas | 120 MW |
| Colver Green Energy | Coal | 118 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 132 MW solar plant and a 132 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