List of power stations in Maryland

Last updated

Sources of Maryland utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2023 [1]

Contents

  Natural Gas (42.5%)
  Nuclear (41.6%)
  Hydroelectric (5.2%)
  Coal (4.7%)
  Solar (2.7%)
  Wind (1.3%)
  Biomass (0.9%)
  Petroleum (0.2%)
  Other (0.9%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Maryland , sorted by type and name. In 2022, Maryland had a total summer capacity of 11,908 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 37,139 GWh. [2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 42.5% natural gas, 41.6% nuclear, 5.2% hydroelectric, 4.7% coal, 2.7% solar, 1.3% wind, 0.9% biomass, 0.2% petroleum, and 0.9% other. Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned PV panels, delivered an additional net 1,404 GWh of energy to Maryland's electrical grid in 2023. This was nearly 50 percent more than the generation of the state's utility-scale PV plants. [1]

Nuclear plants

NameLocationCapacity
(MW)
OperatorYear
opened
Ref
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Calvert County 1,707.8 Exelon 1975/1977 [3]

Fossil-fuel plants

Coal

NameLocationCapacity
(MW)
OperatorYear
opened
Scheduled
Closure
Brandon Shores Generating Station Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1,370 Talen Energy 19842025 [4]
Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station Anne Arundel County, Maryland 495 Talen Energy 19562020 (136MW)
2025 (359MW) [5]

Retired Coal

NameLocationCapacity
(MW)
OperatorYear
opened
Year
retired
Charles P. Crane Generating Station Bowleys Quarters, Maryland 399Avenue Capital Group19612018
Dickerson Generating Station Montgomery County, Maryland 588 NRG Energy 1959August 2020 [6]
Luke Mill Power Plant Luke, Maryland 65 Verso Corporation 19582019
R. Paul Smith Power Station Williamsport, Maryland 116 FirstEnergy 19272012
Morgantown Generating Station Newburg, Maryland 1,252 NRG Energy 1970May 2022 [7]
Chalk Point Generating Station Eagle Harbor, Maryland 728 NRG Energy 1964June 2021 [8]
Warrior Run Generating Station Cumberland, Maryland 229 AES Corporation 2000June 2024 [9]

Natural gas

NameLocationCapacity
(MW)
OperatorYear
opened
Current
Status
Chalk Point Generating Station Prince George's1,868 NRG Energy 1975/1981/1990/1991
Dickerson Generating Station Montgomery326 NRG Energy 1992
Gould Street Generating Station Baltimore City103Constellation Power1952Demolition (2020)
Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station Anne Arundel133H.A. Wagner1956
Notch Cliff Generating StationBaltimore144Constellation Power1969
Panda Brandywine Power PlantPrince Georges's289KMC Thermo1996
Perryman Generating Station Harford333Constellation Power1995/2015
PSEG Keys Energy CenterPrince George's755PSEG Power2018
Rock Springs Generation Facility Cecil772Essential Power Rock Springs2003
St. Charles Energy Center [10] Charles746CPV Maryland2017
Westport Generating StationBaltimore City121Constellation Power1969Decommissioned 1993

Petroleum

Renewable plants

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference. [11]

Waste-to-energy

Wind

Solar

Hydroelectric

Biomass

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Maryland, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–23". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. "Maryland Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. "Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant". Exelon. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. "Sierra Club and Stoney Beach Association statements on Talen Energy's commitment to stop burning coal by the end of 2025". 10 November 2020.
  5. "Sierra Club and Stoney Beach Association statements on Talen Energy's commitment to stop burning coal by the end of 2025". 10 November 2020.
  6. "GenOn Will Close Three Coal-Fired Units". 21 May 2020.
  7. "PJM - Generation Deactivations".
  8. "GenOn Files to Deactivate Chalk Point Coal Generating Station". 14 August 2020.
  9. "Western Maryland coal-burning power plant to retire in 2024, becoming state's last to announce closing". Bozeman Daily Chronicle . Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  10. "CPV: St. Charles Energy Center".
  11. Energy Information Administration (15 September 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.