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Sources of Maryland electricity generation: May 2020 [1]

  Natural Gas (43%)
  Nuclear (31%)
  Coal (21%)
  Other Renewables (3%)
  Petroleum-Fired (1%)
  Hydroelectric (1%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Maryland, sorted by type and name. In 2018, Maryland had a total summer capacity of 14,777 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 43,810 GWh.[2] Maryland's electrical energy generation mix in May of 2020 was 4% coal, 32% natural gas, 50% nuclear, 9% hydroelectric and 5% renewables.[1]

Coal-fired

Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened Scheduled Closure
Brandon Shores Generating Station Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1,370 Talen Energy 1984 2025[3]
Chalk Point Generating Station Eagle Harbor, Maryland 728 NRG Energy 1964 June 2021[4]
Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station Anne Arundel County, Maryland 495 Talen Energy 1956 2020(136MW)/2025(359MW)[5]
Morgantown Generating Station Newburg, Maryland 1,252 NRG Energy 1970 -
Warrior Run Generating Station Cumberland, Maryland 229 AES Corporation 2000 -

Retired Coal-fired

Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened Year retired
Charles P. Crane Generating Station Bowleys Quarters, Maryland 399 Avenue Capital Group 1961 2018
Dickerson Generating Station Montgomery County, Maryland 588 NRG Energy 1959 August 2020[6]
Luke Mill Power Plant Luke, Maryland 65 Verso Corporation 1958 2019
R. Paul Smith Power Station Williamsport, Maryland 116 FirstEnergy 1927 2012

Hydroelectric

Natural Gas

Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Chalk Point Prince Georges 1,868 NRG 1975/1981/1990/1991
Dickerson Montgomery 326 GenOn Mid-atlantic 1992
Gould Street Generating Station Baltimore City 103 Constellation Power 1952
Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station Anne Arundel 133 H.A. Wagner 1956
Notch Cliff Generating Station Baltimore 144 Constellation Power 1969
Panda Brandywine Power Plant Prince Georges 289 KMC Thermo 1996
Perryman Generating Station Harford 333 Constellation Power 1995/2015
Rock Springs Generation Facility Cecil 772 Essential Power Rock Springs 2003
St. Charles Energy Center[7] Charles 746 CPV Maryland 2017
Westport Generating Station Baltimore City 121 Constellation Power 1969

Nuclear

Oil-fired

Waste-to-energy

Wind farms

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Maryland - State Energy Profile Overview - EIA". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. ^ Maryland Electricity Profile, U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 31, 2020
  3. ^ https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/11/sierra-club-and-stoney-beach-association-statements-talen-energy-s-commitment
  4. ^ https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2020/08/14/genon-files-to-deactivate-chalk-point-coal-generating-station/
  5. ^ https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/11/sierra-club-and-stoney-beach-association-statements-talen-energy-s-commitment
  6. ^ https://www.powermag.com/genon-will-close-three-coal-fired-units/
  7. ^ http://www.cpvstcharles.com/about-sc.php
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