Springdale 1 & 2
Natural gas power plant · Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Springdale Energy LLC
- County
- Allegheny County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.16%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #40 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 55196
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 44 MW | 49 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| UNT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 44 MW | 48 MW | 1999 | 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
| Gans | Natural gas | 88 MW |
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| Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm | Wind | 80 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 88 MW solar plant and a 88 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