TalenEnergy Montour
Natural gas power plant · Montour County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- TalenEnergy Montour LLC
- County
- Montour County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 3.31%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Pennsylvania
- #1 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 3149
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 893 MW | 752 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 865 MW | 752 MW | 1972 | 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
| Keystone | Coal | 1,883 MW |
| Beaver Valley | Nuclear | 1,847 MW |
| TalenEnergy Martins Creek | Natural gas | 1,701 MW |
| Brunner Island | Natural gas | 1,616 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 1,758 MW solar plant and a 1,758 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