Back River Waste Water Treatment
Other power plant · Baltimore City County, Maryland
Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in Maryland
#76
of 234 plants
In service since
2009
January 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Other Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City
- County
- Baltimore City County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Maryland
- #16 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 59026
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHP 1 | Other Waste Biomass | 1.1 MW | 0.9 MW | 2009 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| CHP 2 | Other Waste Biomass | 1.1 MW | 0.9 MW | 2009 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| SOLAR | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2012 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Maryland
| CNE at Cambridge MD | Solar | 3.2 MW |
| Millersville LFG | Other | 3.2 MW |
| Beech Road (CSG) | Solar | 3.0 MW |
| UMMS at Pocomoke | Solar | 2.8 MW |
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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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 Maryland power plants · What Maryland actually generates