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EIA plant 10113

Frackville · Schuylkill · PA

John B Rich Memorial Power Station

Operated by Gilberton Power Co

Annual generation616,874 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWCCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextPJM Interconnection, LLCBalancing authority or NERC region

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40.790300, -76.198300

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Steam Coal88.4 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

153,268
249,214
358,158
454,548
542,429
655,097
757,399
853,774
938,761
1056,578
1141,549
1256,099

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
153,268
249,214
358,158
454,548
542,429
655,097
757,399
853,774
938,761
1056,578
1141,549
1256,099

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
153,268 MWh
249,214 MWh
358,158 MWh
454,548 MWh
542,429 MWh
655,097 MWh
757,399 MWh
853,774 MWh
938,761 MWh
1056,578 MWh
1141,549 MWh
1256,099 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN1Conventional Steam CoalWC88.4OP

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EIA plant ID
10113
Sector
IPP CHP
Water source
Mine Shaft
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 3 has the highest recorded value (58,158 MWh) and 9 the lowest (38,761 MWh). Their difference is 19,397 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Conventional Steam Coal88.480.080.050.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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