List of power stations in Maryland

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

  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

Name Location Capacity
(MW) 		Operator Year
opened 		Ref
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Calvert County 1,707.8 Exelon 1975/1977 [3]

Fossil-fuel plants

Coal

Name Location Capacity
(MW) 		Operator Year
opened 		Scheduled
closure
Brandon Shores Generating Station Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1,370 Talen Energy 1984 2025[4]
Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station Anne Arundel County, Maryland 495 Talen Energy 1956 2020 (136MW)
2025 (359MW)[5]

Retired coal

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
Morgantown Generating Station Newburg, Maryland 1,252 NRG Energy 1970 May 2022[7]
Chalk Point Generating Station Eagle Harbor, Maryland 728 NRG Energy 1964 June 2021[8]
Warrior Run Generating Station Cumberland, Maryland 229 AES Corporation 2000 June 2024 [9]

Natural gas

Name Location Capacity
(MW) 		Operator Year
opened 		Current
status
Chalk Point Generating Station Prince George's 1,868 NRG Energy 1975/1981/1990/1991
Dickerson Generating Station Montgomery 326 NRG Energy 1992
Gould Street Generating Station Baltimore City 103 Constellation Power 1952 Demolition (2020)
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's 289 KMC Thermo 1996
Perryman Generating Station Harford 333 Constellation Power 1995/2015
PSEG Keys Energy Center Prince George's 755 PSEG Power 2018
Rock Springs Generation Facility Cecil 772 Essential Power Rock Springs 2003
St. Charles Energy Center[10] Charles 746 CPV Maryland 2017
Westport Generating Station Baltimore City 121 Constellation Power 1969 Decommissioned 1993

Petroleum

Renewable plants

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

Waste-to-energy

Wind

See also: Wind power in Maryland

Solar

See also: Solar power in Maryland
  • Annapolis Solar Park
  • Fort Detrick Solar
  • Great Bay Solar
  • Longview Solar
  • Maryland Solar
  • Mount Saint Mary's
  • Rockfish Solar
  • Wye Mills

Hydroelectric

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Maryland

Biomass

  • Back River Waste Water Treatment
  • Brown Station Road Plant
  • East Correctional Institute
  • Eastern Landfill Gas
  • Millersville LFG
  • Montgomery County Oaks LFG
  • Wicomico

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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.