York County Resource Recovery
Other power plant · York County, Pennsylvania
Nameplate capacity
37 MW
Rank in Pennsylvania
#108
of 273 plants
In service since
1989
November 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- York County Solid W & R Auth
- County
- York County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among other plants in Pennsylvania
- #16 of 58
- EIA plant code
- 50215
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 37 MW | 30 MW | 1989 | 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
| Chestnut Flats Wind Farm | Wind | 38 MW |
| Lookout Windpower LLC | Wind | 38 MW |
| Titus | Other | 36 MW |
| Westwood Generation LLC | Coal | 36 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 37 MW solar plant and a 37 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