Falling Spring

Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine Operating

Commissioned: 1967
Net generation, 2025: 739 MWh
Grid: 69 kV to Borough of Chambersburg (PJM)
Location: Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Operated by: Borough of Chambersburg - (PA)SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026

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Technology: Gas, reciprocating engine source: “Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine”
Age: 59 years since 1967
Unused energy: 62 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: 12,356 Btu/kWh 2025

All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region RFC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 69 Transmission owner Borough of Chambersburg Balancing authority code PJM Balancing authority name PJM Interconnection, LLC
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	9,131
Capacity factor, 2025	0.012
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	12,355.9
Net generation (MWh), 2025	739
Balancing authority code	PJM

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Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
Project	Kind	Away	MW
Maple Ridge A Under construction	Solar	8.0 km	3
Maple Ridge B Under construction	Solar	8.0 km	3
Beaver Creek Solar Filed	Solar	16.4 km	34.2
Crossroads Solar (PA) Postponed	Solar	17.4 km	50

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