How big is Fayette Energy Facility?

Fayette Energy Facility has a reported capacity of 714.9 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Fayette Energy Facility?

Fayette Energy Facility is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Fayette County, PA, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Fayette Energy Facility located?

Fayette Energy Facility is in Fayette County, PA, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Fayette Energy Facility?

Fayette Energy Facility is operated by Fayette Power Company, LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Fayette Energy Facility generate?

Fayette Energy Facility reported 5,251.3 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Fayette Energy Facility compare to other plants?

By capacity, Fayette Energy Facility ranks #170 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #16 of 26 in PA.

Fayette Energy Facility — 715 MW gas plant, PA

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Overview

Reported capacity: 714.9 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 55516
Fayette County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Fayette Energy Facility is operating.

Infrastructure record

Operator: Fayette Power Company, LLC

Profile

Grid role: Non-CHP independent power producer (IPP) generating resource in PJM
Physical build: Turnkey EPC combined-cycle facility with two GE Model PG7241 (7FA) combustion-turbine generator trains. Each train has a duct burner and heat-recovery steam generator, with the two HRSGs supplying one condensing-reheat GE class D11 steam-turbine generator and one surface condenser. Supporting equipment includes one auxiliary boiler, one condenser cooling tower, three chiller cooling towers, one diesel firewater-pump engine, one diesel emergency-generator engine, two SCR units, and two oxidation-catalyst units. Construction scope also included 13 ancillary buildings and foundations plus two additional 120-foot buildings enclosing the generating equipment.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 714.9 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operating status: operating
Fayette Energy Facility is operating.
Location: Fayette County
PJM
Asset role: natural gas
PJM · Fayette County

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Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
CTG1	198.9 MW 177.7 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Jun 2003	Operating
CTG2	198.9 MW 177.7 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Jun 2003	Operating
STG1	317.1 MW 312.2 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA	Jun 2003	Operating

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 714.9 MW; Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
National rank: #170; of 538 operating peers
PA rank: #16; of 26 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

5.25 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

73.2%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

RONCO

IN SERVICE · 500 kV

0.2 km

UNKNOWN124596

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Transactions and agreements

Acquisition Agreement Announcement

Aug 2014

Dynegy agreed to acquire Duke Energy's non-regulated Midwest Commercial Generation Business, explicitly including Fayette Energy Facility in Masontown, Pennsylvania. Announced $2.8 billion cash consideration covered 11 power plants and Duke Energy Retail Sales; no asset-level allocation to Fayette disclosed.

$2.8BDuke Energy North America · Dynegy Fayette II, LLC

Duke Energy to sell non-regulated Midwest generation business to Dynegy | Duke Energy | News Center

Land and environmental record

Air Operating Permit

May 23, 2024

Pennsylvania Title V Permit 26-00535; DEP Authorization ID 1441005

Pennsylvania DEP operating permit identifies Fayette Energy Facility/Masontown and Fayette Power Company, LLC. Permit dated May 23, 2024; plant code 27-3694313-1.

1441005[26-00535]_Issued_v1.pdf

Environmental Compliance Milestone

Dec 10, 2019

No violations noted; no open violations at December 10, 2019 inspection

Pennsylvania DEP NPDES fact-sheet review states site last inspected December 10, 2019; no violations noted and permittee had no open violations at time of review.

Source

Site Area Secondary

Approximately 300 acres

Project record describes natural-gas-fired Fayette plant occupying 300-acre site along Monongahela River in Masontown. Secondary project-site statement; not from county appraisal records.

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Wastewater Discharge Permit

Oct 1, 2024

NPDES Permit PA0218863

Pennsylvania DEP authorizes Fayette Power Company, LLC to discharge from Fayette Energy Facility in German Township, Fayette County. Permit issued September 26, 2024, effective October 1, 2024, expires September 30, 2029.

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

Water Quality Permit Transfer

Jun 16, 2021

Water Quality Management Permit 2602201; Transfer No. 2; Authorization ID 1347187

Pennsylvania DEP transferred Water Quality Management Permit 2602201 from Duke Energy Fayette II, LLC to Fayette Power Company, LLC for Fayette Energy Facility in German Township, Fayette County. Transfer issued June 16, 2021; incorporates Part II permit dated December 6, 2011.

WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PERMIT TRANSFER

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Jun 2003
Jun 2003
Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator CTG1, generator CTG2, generator STG1 with this operating date.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-860 generator inventoryFederal registry

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-923 generation filingsFederal filing

alleghenyconstruction.comFayette Energy Masontownother

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