Shawville — 626 MW gas plant, Clearfield County, PA

Shawville — 626 MW gas plant, Clearfield County, PA · Ask the Grid

Generation and physical site

EIA plant 3131 · Inventory for Sep 2026.

Reported operating nameplate by technology

Natural gas: 626 MW

Operating generators only. Battery power is in MW; stored energy is in MWh. These ratings do not establish a shared export limit.

Generator records (7)

EIA generator status and nameplate capacity for Shawville
Generator	Technology	Status	Power (MW)	Energy (MWh)
1	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	Operating	125	Unknown
2	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	Operating	125	Unknown
3	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	Operating	188	Unknown
4	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	Operating	188	Unknown
5	Petroleum Liquids	Standby	2	Unknown
6	Petroleum Liquids	Standby	2	Unknown
7	Petroleum Liquids	Standby	2	Unknown

Physical map location · OpenStreetMap: 41.06762, -78.36395
Filed location · EIA: 41.06755, -78.36623

Sources and observation dates

Inventory source: EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)
EIA reporting month: Sep 2026
EIA retrieved: Oct 24, 2026
OSM extract: Oct 9, 2026
OSM last mapped edit: Jan 25, 2023
Map prepared: Oct 24, 2026
Field verification: Not reported

Reporting month describes the inventory. Retrieval and map preparation describe processing; an OSM edit does not establish an in-service date.

EIA source inventory

Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1	125 MW 122.3 MW summer	Natural Gas Steam Turbine ST	Aug 1954	Operating
2	125 MW 124.7 MW summer	Natural Gas Steam Turbine ST	Mar 1954	Operating
3	188 MW 174 MW summer	Natural Gas Steam Turbine ST	Dec 1959	Operating
4	188 MW 175 MW summer	Natural Gas Steam Turbine ST	Apr 1960	Operating

Commercial, land, and environmental record

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

Land and environmental record

CCR Environmental Compliance

CCR compliance program maintains groundwater, closure, post-closure, fugitive-dust, design-criteria, and location-restriction records

The official Shawville Power CCR compliance website states that its reports cover CCR-facility design criteria, location restrictions, site operation, groundwater monitoring and testing, closure and post-closure plans, fugitive-dust planning, reporting, and recordkeeping under 40 CFR Part 257 Subpart D.

Shawville Power LLC Generating Station | CCR Rule Compliance Date and Information

Environmental Compliance Schedule

May 1, 2027

May 1, 2027 final compliance date for water-quality-based effluent limits

The 2022 NPDES addendum established a schedule requiring toxics-reduction evaluation and site-specific data collection by December 1, 2025, submission of the final WQBEL compliance report by May 1, 2026, and completion of identified actions and compliance with final permit limits by May 1, 2027, addressing thallium water-quality-based effluent limits.

NPDES PERMIT FACT SHEET ADDENDUM No. 2

NPDES Permit

Apr 5, 2022

PA0010031

Pennsylvania DEP NPDES permit for Shawville Generating Station. The renewal record identifies Shawville Power LLC as applicant, APS ID 1033213, Authorization ID 1344726, Client ID 350842, and Site ID 244416. The permit covers industrial wastewater, stormwater, and sewage discharges.

NPDES PERMIT FACT SHEET ADDENDUM No. 2

Permitted Design Flow

Sep 24, 2021

3.445 MGD

The NPDES permit documents use a 3.445 million-gallon-per-day design discharge rate for Outfall 005, with internal flows of 0.018 MGD, 3.427 MGD, and 2.07 MGD for associated wastewater and cooling-tower-blowdown streams.

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

Residual Waste Permit And Closure

Jan 28, 2026

Residual Waste Landfill Permit 301197; renewal under review

Clearfield County planning records show a 2024 Shawville Power application for major permit modification, closure plan, and cap-and-drainage-layer waiver. A January 28, 2026 agenda identifies a residual-waste-landfill permit renewal, Permit 301197, for the Shawville Ash Disposal Facility. The agenda establishes an application-review milestone, not proof of renewal issuance.

AGENDA

Mapped facility footprint

Mapped infrastructure geometry associated with this asset.© OpenStreetMap contributors · relation/14506483

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Mar 1954
Mar 1954
Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 2 with this operating date.
Mar 1, 1954
Mar 1, 1954
Initial Commercial OperationPa. Coal Pl...
The first Shawville generating unit entered service; EIA-derived plant data identify the station's operating-unit history as spanning 1954-1966.
Aug 1954
Aug 1954
Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
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1. Dec 1959
  Dec 1959
  Generator enters operationEIA-860
  EIA-860 lists generator 3 with this operating date.
2. Apr 1960
  Apr 1960
Apr 2015
Apr 2015
Coal operations scheduled to endPa. Coal Pl...
The conversion plan called for coal operations to end in April 2015 while the station was prepared for return to service with natural-gas capability.
Dec 2016
Dec 2016
Natural-Gas Capability CompletedSource
GenOn's 2016 filing states that the 597 MW Shawville gas addition was completed in the fourth quarter of 2016; other plant histories place the conversion in December 2016.
Jan 25, 2023
Jan 25, 2023
Bankruptcy-Era Sale DisclosureCase 23-900...
A Heritage Power bankruptcy declaration recorded that PSEG had entered into an agreement to sell the Shawville Plant to GenOn Energy Services; it continued to describe Shawville as a leased plant rather than reporting a completed closing.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

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

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

pjm.comSheet1other

Common questions about Shawville

Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.

How big is Shawville?

Shawville reports 626 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.

What kind of plant is Shawville?

Shawville is a Natural Gas Steam Turbine facility in Clearfield County, PA, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Shawville located?

Shawville is in Clearfield County, PA, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Shawville?

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

How much electricity does Shawville generate?

Shawville reported 1,279.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Shawville compare to other plants?

By capacity, Shawville ranks #46 of 259 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #5 of 12 in PA.

Co-located assets

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.

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