# Lackawanna Energy Center

PJM Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/lackawanna-energy-center

Lackawanna Energy Center is a natural gas-fired power facility with 1,498.5 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, registered as EIA Plant ID 60357. Invenergy Services LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Commercial operation began on January 15, 2019.

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Power capacity: 1498.5 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection, LLC

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: invenergy.com — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: medium
- Owner name: Lackawanna Energy Center LLC — FERC May 2024 Open Meeting Preview · confidence: medium
- Description: Lackawanna Energy Center is a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Jessup, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, with three single-shaft power islands and an EIA-reported nameplate capacity of 1,498.5 MW. The facility began commercial operation in January 2019 and operates in the PJM Interconnection market. Each power island uses a GE 7HA.02 gas turbine, heat-recovery steam generator, steam turbine, and shared generator. — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: medium
- Description: Lackawanna Energy Center is a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Jessup, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, with three single-shaft power islands and an EIA-reported nameplate capacity of 1,498.5 MW. The facility began commercial operation in January 2019 and operates in the PJM Interconnection market. Each power island uses a GE 7HA.02 gas turbine, heat-recovery steam generator, steam turbine, and shared generator. — Lackawanna Energy Center - Kiewit Corporation · confidence: medium
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / registered project company","name":"Lackawanna Energy Center LLC","official_url":null} — FERC May 2024 Open Meeting Preview · confidence: medium
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Developer","name":"Invenergy LLC","official_url":"https://invenergy.com/"} — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: high
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"EPC contractor","name":"Kiewit Power Constructors / Kiewit Corporation","official_url":"https://www.kiewit.com/"} — Lackawanna Energy Center - Kiewit Corporation · confidence: high
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Owner's engineer and field engineering support","name":"WSP","official_url":"https://www.wsp.com/"} — Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: high
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric / GE Power","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: high
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric / GE Power","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — Lackawanna Energy Center - Kiewit Corporation · confidence: high
- Parties.6: {"relationship":"Major investor","name":"BlackRock Real Assets","official_url":"https://www.blackrock.com/"} — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: high
- Parties.6: {"relationship":"Major investor","name":"BlackRock Real Assets","official_url":"https://www.blackrock.com/"} — Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: high
- Parties.8: {"relationship":"Fuel-management services","name":"South Jersey Resources Group LLC","official_url":"https://www.sjindustries.com/"} — Cabot Fueled Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online - Well Said Coterra · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"GEN3","system":"EIA generator ID"} — Table 3-27 · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.8: {"value":"EC18-98-000","system":"FERC docket"} — Combined Notice of Filings #1 · confidence: high
- Identifiers.11: {"value":"60357_G_GEN3","system":"EPA market-resource identifier"} — Table 3-27 · confidence: medium
- Unit configuration: Three single-shaft natural-gas combined-cycle power islands, each nominally 500 MW, with one GE 7HA.02 air-cooled gas turbine, heat-recovery steam generator, steam turbine, and shared single generator. — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: high
- Unit configuration: Three single-shaft natural-gas combined-cycle power islands, each nominally 500 MW, with one GE 7HA.02 air-cooled gas turbine, heat-recovery steam generator, steam turbine, and shared single generator. — Source · confidence: high
- Unit count: 3 — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: high
- Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7ha — Source · confidence: high
- Significance: Lackawanna Energy Center is Invenergy’s largest operational project and a 1,485 MW-class natural-gas combined-cycle facility designed to supply power for more than one million homes in the PJM Interconnection market. — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: medium
- Description: Lackawanna Energy Center is a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle facility in Jessup, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, with an EIA-reported nameplate capacity of 1,498.5 MW. The registered project company is Lackawanna Energy Center LLC; Invenergy developed and operates the facility, while BlackRock controls 87.71% of its Class A membership units and IA Thermal Power subsidiaries hold the remaining Class A units and all Class B units. The plant has three single-shaft power islands using GE 7HA.02 gas turbines, heat-recovery steam generators, steam turbines, and shared generators. Construction began in March 2016, and commercial operations were announced on January 15, 2019, after completion ahead of schedule. — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: medium
- Description: Lackawanna Energy Center is a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle facility in Jessup, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, with an EIA-reported nameplate capacity of 1,498.5 MW. The registered project company is Lackawanna Energy Center LLC; Invenergy developed and operates the facility, while BlackRock controls 87.71% of its Class A membership units and IA Thermal Power subsidiaries hold the remaining Class A units and all Class B units. The plant has three single-shaft power islands using GE 7HA.02 gas turbines, heat-recovery steam generators, steam turbines, and shared generators. Construction began in March 2016, and commercial operations were announced on January 15, 2019, after completion ahead of schedule. — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / registered project company","name":"Lackawanna Energy Center LLC","detail":"Project company that owns the Lackawanna Energy Center facility.","official_url":null} — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Operator and manager","name":"Invenergy Services LLC","detail":"Invenergy operates and manages the facility after commercial operation.","official_url":"https://invenergy.com/"} — Invenergy and First Reserve Complete Financing for the Lackawanna Ene… · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Historical co-owner","name":"First Reserve","detail":"Identified as a co-owner with Invenergy when the December 2016 project financing was completed; its energy-infrastructure franchise was acquired by BlackRock in 2017.","official_url":null} — Invenergy and First Reserve Complete Financing for the Lackawanna Ene… · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"EPC and construction contractor","name":"Kiewit Power Constructors / Kiewit Corporation","detail":"Partnered with Invenergy on construction of the facility.","official_url":"https://www.kiewit.com/"} — Invenergy and First Reserve Complete Financing for the Lackawanna Ene… · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"EPC and construction contractor","name":"Kiewit Power Constructors / Kiewit Corporation","detail":"Partnered with Invenergy on construction of the facility.","official_url":"https://www.kiewit.com/"} — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.6: {"relationship":"Owner’s engineer and field engineering support","name":"WSP","detail":"Provided owner’s engineering services and multidisciplinary field-engineering support, including civil and mechanical work.","official_url":"https://www.wsp.com/"} — Lackawanna Energy Center - WSP · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.7: {"relationship":"Combustion-turbine OEM","name":"General Electric / GE Power","detail":"Supplied the GE 7HA.02 gas-turbine technology used by the three power islands.","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.9: {"relationship":"Fuel-management services","name":"South Jersey Resources Group LLC","detail":"Provided fuel-management services and was identified as a subsidiary of South Jersey Industries.","official_url":"https://www.sjindustries.com/"} — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Construction start","date":"2016-03","detail":"Construction began in March 2016, with Kiewit Power Constructors/Kiewit Corporation serving as construction partner."} — Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center · confidence: high
- Timeline.4: {"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2019-01-15","detail":"Invenergy announced commercial operations. The facility had been completed ahead of schedule and was described as Invenergy’s largest developed, constructed, and operated project."} — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: high
- Quality notes.3: Published capacity descriptions vary between approximately 1,480 MW, 1,485 MW, and the EIA-reported 1,498.5 MW; this directory uses the EIA-reported nameplate figure. — State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … · confidence: high
- Status date: 2026-01-30 — Lackawanna energy center - Global Energy Monitor · confidence: medium
- Grid role: Flexible, demand-responsive natural-gas combined-cycle generation designed to respond quickly to variations in energy demand. — Source · confidence: medium
- Operating status: operating — Lackawanna energy center - Global Energy Monitor · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2016-03 — Construction start
  Construction began in March 2016, with Kiewit Power Constructors/Kiewit Corporation serving as construction partner.
  Source: State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … (https://invenergy.com/news/state-of-the-art-lackawanna-energy-center-goes-online-outside-of-the-electric-city)
- 2016-12-29 — Project financing and initial co-ownership
  Invenergy announced completion of approximately US$1 billion of senior debt facilities. First Reserve was identified as a co-owner with Invenergy.
  Source: Invenergy and First Reserve Complete Financing for the Lackawanna Ene… (https://invenergy.com/news/invenergy-and-first-reserve-complete-financing-for-the-lackawanna-energy-center)
- 2019-01-15 — Commercial operation
  Invenergy announced commercial operations. The facility had been completed ahead of schedule and was described as Invenergy’s largest developed, constructed, and operated project.
  Source: State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The … (https://invenergy.com/news/state-of-the-art-lackawanna-energy-center-goes-online-outside-of-the-electric-city)
- 2026-03-24 — Proposed 50% ownership transfer
  ArcLight Capital Partners, through Gray Wolf Power, filed for FERC authorization to purchase 50% of the interests associated with Invenergy’s Lackawanna, Nelson, and Nelson Expansion plants from the DigitalBridge-related ownership structure. The transaction was described as proposed, not completed, in the cited June and July docket record.
  Source: Source (https://www.monitoringanalytics.com/filings/2026/IMM_Answer_Docket_No_EC26-76_20260619.pdf)
- 2026-05-26 — Reported ownership structure
  A PJM Independent Market Monitor filing stated that BlackRock controls 87.71% of Lackawanna’s Class A membership units, while IA Thermal Power subsidiaries own the remaining Class A units and all Class B units.
  Source: Source (https://www.monitoringanalytics.com/filings/2026/2026-05-26%20IMM%20Comments%20%28EC26-76%29-AS%20FILED%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf)

## Sources

- [Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center](https://wwww.invenergy.com/projects/case-studies/lackawanna-energy-center) — wwww.invenergy.com · tier other
- [Combined Notice of Filings #1](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/15/2018-12875/combined-notice-of-filings-1) — federalregister.gov · tier regulatory
- [FERC May 2024 Open Meeting Preview](https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/publications/alerts-and-updates/2024/may/ferc-may-2024-open-meeting-preview/) — foleyhoag.com · tier other
- [Lackawanna Energy Center - Kiewit Corporation](https://www.kiewit.com/projects/lackawanna-energy-center/) — kiewit.com · tier other
- [State-of-the-Art Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online Outside of The …](https://invenergy.com/news/state-of-the-art-lackawanna-energy-center-goes-online-outside-of-the-electric-city) — invenergy.com · tier other
- [Lackawanna Energy Center](https://www.wsp.com/en-us/projects/lackawanna-energy-center) — wsp.com · tier other
- [Supplying Lackawanna Energy Center - Well Said Coterra](https://wellsaidcoterra.com/supplying-lackawanna-energy-center/) — wellsaidcoterra.com · tier other
- [Cabot Fueled Lackawanna Energy Center Goes Online - Well Said Coterra](https://wellsaidcoterra.com/cabot-fueled-lackawanna-energy-center-goes-online/) — wellsaidcoterra.com · tier other
- [Table 3-27](https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-03/table_3-27_complete_availability_assumptions_in_epa_platform_v6.xlsx) — epa.gov · tier regulatory
- [Invenergy | Lackawanna Energy Center](https://invenergy.com/projects/case-studies/lackawanna-energy-center) — invenergy.com · tier other
- [Source](https://kiewit.com/projects/lackawanna-energy-center) — kiewit.com · tier other
- [Source](https://wellsaidcoterra.com/cabot-fueled-lackawanna-energy-center-goes-online) — wellsaidcoterra.com · tier other
- [Source](https://gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7ha) — gevernova.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.monitoringanalytics.com/filings/2026/2026-05-26%20IMM%20Comments%20%28EC26-76%29-AS%20FILED%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf) — monitoringanalytics.com · tier other
- [Invenergy and First Reserve Complete Financing for the Lackawanna Ene…](https://invenergy.com/news/invenergy-and-first-reserve-complete-financing-for-the-lackawanna-energy-center) — invenergy.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.monitoringanalytics.com/filings/2026/IMM_Answer_Docket_No_EC26-76_20260619.pdf) — monitoringanalytics.com · tier other
- [Lackawanna energy center - Global Energy Monitor](https://www.gem.wiki/Lackawanna_energy_center) — gem.wiki · tier other
- [Annual Electric Power Industry Report, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/) — eia.gov · tier regulatory

## Data quality

- The approximately $1 billion figure refers to senior debt project financing completed in December 2016, not disclosed sale consideration. BlackRock’s June 2017 transaction was the acquisition of First Reserve’s energy-infrastructure franchise; A March 2026 proposal would transfer 50% of the relevant Invenergy thermal-asset interests to ArcLight/Gray Wolf, but the cited record through July 7, 2026 shows a pending FERC authorization process rather than a completed project sale. No separate expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone was identified. Published capacity descriptions vary between approximately 1,480 MW, 1,485 MW, and the EIA-reported 1,498.5 MW; this directory uses the EIA-reported nameplate figure.

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