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EIA plant 10118

Harrisburg · Dauphin · PA

Harrisburg Facility

Operated by Harrisburg Authority

Annual generation90,379 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesMSWCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextPJM Interconnection, LLCBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Harrisburg Facility?

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40.244242, -76.853872

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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

TechnologyMunicipal Solid Waste24.1 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.

19,592
29,874
33,930
40
55,037
69,122
79,156
89,278
98,761
106,495
119,372
129,762

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
19,592
29,874
33,930
40
55,037
69,122
79,156
89,278
98,761
106,495
119,372
129,762

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
19,592 MWh
29,874 MWh
33,930 MWh
40 MWh
55,037 MWh
69,122 MWh
79,156 MWh
89,278 MWh
98,761 MWh
106,495 MWh
119,372 MWh
129,762 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN3Municipal Solid WasteMSW24.1OP

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EIA plant ID
10118
Sector
IPP CHP
Water source
Harrisburg POTW
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 2 has the highest recorded value (9,874 MWh) and 4 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 9,874 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN3Municipal Solid Waste24.116.716.74.0

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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