Safe Harbor
Brookfield RenewableLancaster County
Safe Harbor is a hydroelectric facility with 417.5 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, registered as EIA Plant ID 3175. Brookfield Renewable is the current owner; Safe Harbor is the registered plant entity or operator. Safe Harbor is identified by ANDRITZ as the first hydropower project on the Susquehanna River in the United States. Its output is used primarily to serve peak electricity demand and operate the area's railroad system.
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Conventional Hydroelectric
Safe Harbor is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for April 22, 2030.
Safe Harbor is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for April 22, 2030.
EIA plant 3175 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 33 | Unknown |
| 10 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 37.5 | Unknown |
| 11 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 37.5 | Unknown |
| 12 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 37.5 | Unknown |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 MW 33 MW summer | Conventional Hydroelectric HY | Oct 1940 | Operating |
| 10 | 37.5 MW 37.5 MW summer | Conventional Hydroelectric HY | Jun 1985 | Operating |
| 11 | 37.5 MW 37.5 MW summer | Conventional Hydroelectric HY | Apr 1986 | Operating |
| 12 | 37.5 MW 37.5 MW summer | Conventional Hydroelectric HY | Sep 1985 | Operating |
| 2 | 33 MW 33 MW summer | |||
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The Safe Harbor Project was constructed in 1930.
230 kV · PPL Electric Utilities Corp.
PJM
PJM · Lancaster County
| Operating |
| 33 |
| Unknown |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 32 | Unknown |
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| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 32 | Unknown |
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| 41 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 2 | Unknown |
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| 42 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 2 | Unknown |
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| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 32 | Unknown |
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| 6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 32 | Unknown |
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| 7 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 32 | Unknown |
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| 8 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 37.5 | Unknown |
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| 9 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 37.5 | Unknown |
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Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
The project started operation in 1931.
EIA-860 lists generator 3, generator 4, generator 41, generator 42 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 5, generator 6 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 7 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 2 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 8 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 10 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 12 with this operating date.
Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation assigned ANDRITZ HYDRO a contract to refurbish two generators that were more than 80 years old.
Brookfield Renewable and its institutional partners completed the previously announced acquisition of the Safe Harbor hydroelectric facility.
The current FERC License No. 1025 expires on April 22, 2030; no retirement or repowering date is established in the project history.
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
Safe Harbor reports 417.5 MW hydroelectric of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Safe Harbor is a Conventional Hydroelectric facility in Lancaster County, PA, participating in the PJM market.
Safe Harbor is in Lancaster County, PA, inside the PJM balancing area.
Safe Harbor is operated by Safe Harbor according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Safe Harbor reports a commercial operation date of 1931. Current status: operating. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Safe Harbor reported 1,020.2 GWh over the twelve months to 2024-12. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
Safe Harbor interconnects at Manor Substation, on the PPL Electric Utilities Corp. system.
By capacity, Safe Harbor ranks #34 of 1,356 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #1 of 17 in PA.
Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.
