Samaritan Solar
Solar power plant · Erie County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Birch Creek Development
- County
- Erie County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among solar plants in Pennsylvania
- #34 of 81
- EIA plant code
- 69670
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAMPV | Solar Photovoltaic | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2026 | 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
| Paxton Creek Cogeneration | Natural gas | 13 MW |
| Yough Hydro Power | Hydro | 12 MW |
| Dart Container Corp | Other | 11 MW |
| Quakertown PA BTM | Other | 11 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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