How big is Fairless Energy Center?

Fairless Energy Center has a reported capacity of 1,338 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Fairless Energy Center?

Fairless Energy Center is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Bucks County, PA, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Fairless Energy Center located?

Fairless Energy Center is in Bucks County, PA, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Fairless Energy Center?

Fairless Energy Center is operated by Edgewater Generation, LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Fairless Energy Center generate?

Fairless Energy Center reported 8,741.1 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Fairless Energy Center connect to the grid?

Fairless Energy Center interconnects at Emilie Substation, on the PECO Energy Co. system.

How does Fairless Energy Center compare to other plants?

By capacity, Fairless Energy Center ranks #35 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #3 of 26 in PA.

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Natural Gas Fired Combined CyclePJM · Bucks County

Fairless Energy Center

Bucks County · PJM

Fairless Energy Center is a natural gas-fired power facility with 1,338 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, registered as EIA Plant ID 55298. The plant's generating configuration is six natural-gas-fired combined-cycle generators in two blocks: BLK1 (CT1A, CT1B, ST1) and BLK2 (CT2A, CT2B, ST2). Each block has two 198.9-MW combustion-turbine parts and one 271.2-MW steam-turbine part.

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Key fields

Reported capacity: 1,338 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 55298
Bucks County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Grid connection: Emilie Substation
230 kV · PECO Energy Co.

Infrastructure record

Operator: Edgewater Generation, LLC

Profile

Grid role: Flexible natural-gas generation serving the PJM market
Grid connection: Emilie Substation · 230 kV · PECO Energy Co.
Physical build: Completed combined-cycle natural-gas station in Fairless Hills. Installed equipment includes four GE Frame 7FA gas turbines, two GE D-11 steam turbines, and four duct-fired heat-recovery steam generators equipped with SCR. Conti Civil’s completed civil scope included foundations, 155,000 linear feet of steel pipe piles, 4,600 cubic yards of structural pile concrete, 975,000 pounds of reinforced-steel pile cages, H-pile extraction, pre-augering of 80 piles, 40 PDA tests, and load-test piles.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 1,338 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operating status: operating
Fairless Energy Center is operating.
Interconnection: Emilie Substation
230 kV · PECO Energy Co.
Location: Bucks County
PJM
Asset role

Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
CT1A	198.9 MW 191 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	May 2004	Operating
CT1B	198.9 MW 191 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	May 2004	Operating
CT2A	198.9 MW 191 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Jun 2004	Operating
CT2B	198.9 MW

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 1,338 MW
National rank: #35
PA rank: #3

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

8.74 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Apr 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

72.8%

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HIFLD infrastructure inventory

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Commercial, land, and environmental record

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Transactions and agreements

O&M Agreement Awarded

Dec 14, 2018

IHI Power Services Corp. was awarded an operations and maintenance agreement to operate Fairless Energy Center. Counterparty and agreement duration not disclosed.

IHI Power Services Corp.

Power Plant Operations & Management Services | IHI Power Services Corp

Capacity And Energy Sold Into Wholesale Market

Date not disclosed

Lotus identifies Fairless as a 1,320 MW combined-cycle facility that sells capacity and energy into the constrained PJM EMAAC region. No named offtaker, PPA, tolling agreement, or contracted capacity disclosed.

Our Investments - Lotus

Land and environmental record

Air Permit

Jun 4, 2025

Permit No. Pennsylvania Title V/State Operating Permit No. 09-00124

Current permit held for Fairless Energy LLC with DEP Authorization ID 1502013 and DEP PF ID 566437. Issued June 4, 2025; expires June 3, 2030.

1502013[09-00124]_Issued_v1.pdf

Permitted Emission Limits

Jun 4, 2025

NOx 424.7; VOC 88.4; CO 360.5; PM 387.6; SO2 96.3; sulfuric-acid mist 29.3 tons per year

Facility-wide permitted emission limits under Title V/State Operating Permit No. 09-00124. These are permit limits, not reported actual emissions.

1502013[09-00124]_Issued_v1.pdf

Wastewater Discharge Permit

Nov 10, 2021

NPDES Permit No. PA0013463 for the U.S. Steel Fairless Hills Facility

Fairless Energy does not appear as NPDES permittee; permit is held for U.S. Steel Fairless Hills Facility. Fairless Energy wastewater is treated through existing U.S. Steel industrial and sewage treatment systems. Authorized receiving waters include Biles Creek and Delaware River.

AUTHORIZATION TO DISCHARGE UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER FACILITIES

Water Supply

Sep 10, 2020

US Steel Delaware River intakes; approved water use up to 356.5 million gallons per month

DRBC approval states water is supplied by two existing U.S. Steel intakes in Delaware River Water Quality Zone 2. Plant uses closed-cycle circulating system; makeup water accounts for approximately 90% of total demand, averaging approximately 5.5 million gallons per day.

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Water Withdrawal Approval

Sep 10, 2020

DRBC Docket No. D-2001-028 CP-3

Delaware River Basin Commission renewed approval for the existing Fairless Energy electric generating facility and associated water use. Approval date September 10, 2020; expires December 8, 2030.

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Project timeline

Dec 2001
Dec 2001
Construction BeganPennsylvani...
Construction of the gas-fired combined-cycle plant began in December 2001 on a former brownfield site in the USX Industrial Park.
Mar 2004

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