# New Castle Plant

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/new-castle-plant

New Castle Power, LLC - Lawrence County - PJM

New Castle Generating Station, also identified by EIA as New Castle Plant, is a 348 MW operating gas-fired thermal power station in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania at 2189 State Route 168 South, West Pittsburg. The facility comprises five generators: three natural-gas steam-turbine units rated 98 MW, 114 MW, and 136 MW (entered service September 1952, August 1958, and June 1964, respectively), and two 3.2 MW petroleum-liquids internal-combustion generators (entered service December 1968), of which one is operating and one is out of service. All three principal coal-fired units were converted to natural gas in 2016.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 351.2 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 3138 — plant-3138

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Steam Turbine, Petroleum Liquids
- **Operator:** New Castle Power, LLC

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** New Castle Power, LLC — Owner and operator ([source](https://newcastlepower.com/))
- **Parent company:** GenOn Holdings — Ultimate corporate owner ([source](http://genon.com/))
- **Parent company:** Midwood Holdings LLC — Intermediate parent/investor
- **Parent company:** Strategic Value Partners LLC — Intermediate parent/investor
- **Equipment supplier:** Siemens — Steam-turbine supplier

## Sources

- [newcastlepower.com](https://newcastlepower.com/) — newcastlepower.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [newcastlepower.com](https://newcastlepower.com/reports/Annual_Fugitive_Dust_Report_2024.pdf) — newcastlepower.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [New Castle Power, LLC](https://newcastlepower.com/)

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