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Alpaca
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engineran 22% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2017
- Net generation, 2025
- 41,220 MWh
- Grid
- 34 kV to Pennsylvania Electric Co (PJM)
- Location
- Bradford County, Pennsylvania
- Operated by
- Alpaca Energy LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Alpaca Energy LLCSource100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of Dec 31, 2023
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- Technology
- Gas, reciprocating engine source: “Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine”
- Age
- 9 years since 2017
- Unused energy
- 143 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 9,315 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 383,959 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.224 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 9,314.9 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 41,220 |
| Balancing authority code | PJM |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaca Postponed | Gas, reciprocating engine | 0.0 mi | 22 |
| ESC Tioga County Power Postponed | Gas, combined cycle | 13.9 mi | 892.5 |
| Bradford Solar PA Filed | Solar | 14.5 mi | 100.5 |
Sources EIA-860M