Wheelabrator Falls
Other power plant · Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Nameplate capacity
53 MW
Rank in Pennsylvania
#93
of 273 plants
In service since
1994
May 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
- County
- Bucks County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among other plants in Pennsylvania
- #13 of 58
- EIA plant code
- 54746
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WFI1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 53 MW | 44 MW | 1994 | 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
| Mountain | Other | 54 MW |
| Tolna | Other | 54 MW |
| Warren | Natural gas | 53 MW |
| Sunbury Generation LP | Other | 53 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 53 MW solar plant and a 53 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