POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · PA
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
Pennsylvania
113 data-center projects on file — 22.4 GW of nameplate capacity, $25.4B in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$213
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
27.0%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#13
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+46%
#15 of 51
Tracking the national curve since 2016
Largest power plant
2.55 GW
· nuclear
Peach Bottom · York County
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What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Pennsylvania · residential · latest
20.30¢/kWh
↑ +12.8% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Pennsylvania · residential · 2026 YTD avg
20.24¢/kWh
↑ +14.0% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
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How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Pennsylvania's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
PENNSYLVANIA · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
20.98 TWh net · all sectors
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Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
Pennsylvania is staring at an 15.4 GW energy shortfall: 21.6 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 6.1 GW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it. (For scale, the state's already-running data-center load is 111 MW.) The largest plant in the supply pipeline is Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County — 4.4 GW of natural gas across 14 units, first online 2028-07. On the way out: Eddystone Generating Station — 760 MW of natural gas, retiring 2026-05.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
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Data-center load
113 projects
Projects on file
113
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
22.41 GW
≈ 98 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$25.4B
aggregate disclosed capex
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Local voices on data centers
2 statements
CONCERN · 2025-06
“Data center developers must generate their own power or pay for the additional draw on the grid. We welcome investment, but not at the expense of Pennsylvania families.”
— Gov. Josh Shapiro (D)SOURCE ↗
CONCERN · 2025-02
“I know Pennsylvanians have real concerns about these data centers and the impact they could have on our communities, our utility bills, and our environment.”
— Gov. Josh Shapiro (D)SOURCE ↗
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Follow the money in Pennsylvania
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in PA
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.