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Hay Road

Natural gas power plant · New Castle County, Delaware

Nameplate capacity
1,098 MW
Rank in Delaware
#1
of 39 plants
In service since
1989
May 1989

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation LLC
County
New Castle County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
36.31%
Rank among natural gas plants in Delaware
#1 of 10
EIA plant code
7153

Generating units

Individual generating units at Hay Road
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
HR4Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle207 MW192 MW1993Operating
HR8Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle195 MW192 MW2002Operating
HR5Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle122 MW124 MW2001Operating
HR6Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle122 MW124 MW2001Operating
HR7Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle122 MW124 MW2001Operating
HR3Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle122 MW124 MW1991Operating
HR1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle104 MW124 MW1989Operating
HR2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle104 MW124 MW1989Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1,098 MW solar plant and a 1,098 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Delaware power plants · What Delaware actually generates