Electric Power Outlook - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Electric Power Outlook - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Electric Power Outlook - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
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Figure 36 PJM queued generating capacity in <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> by fuel type<br />
Wind, 563<br />
Biomass, 31 Solar, 351 Other, 3<br />
Methane, 67<br />
Hydro, 149 Oil, 3<br />
Diesel, 11<br />
Natural Gas,<br />
3,155<br />
Nuclear, 2,497<br />
Coal, 965<br />
The generating capacity located in <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> totals 46,580 MW. 70 As stated earlier, the output<br />
of some of these facilities may serve loads outside of <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>. See Figure 37. Appendix C<br />
lists the existing generation facilities located in <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>.<br />
The state’s 2010 aggregate non-coincident summer peak demand was 29,515 MW. In 2010,<br />
<strong>Pennsylvania</strong>’s net electric generation totaled 229,788 GWh, up 5.2 percent from 2009. Figure 38<br />
71<br />
shows the 2010 generation distribution by fuel type. “Other” includes wind, solar and biomass<br />
sources.<br />
70 <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Power</strong> Generation Association.<br />
71 U.S. DOE Energy Information Administration, <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Power</strong> Monthly, March 2011.<br />
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<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Utility</strong> <strong>Commission</strong>
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