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Brandywine Power Facility

Natural gas power plant · Prince Georges County, Maryland

Nameplate capacity
289 MW
Rank in Maryland
#12
of 234 plants
In service since
1996
August 1996

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
KMC Thermo, LLC
County
Prince Georges County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
2.17%
Rank among natural gas plants in Maryland
#8 of 15
EIA plant code
54832

Generating units

Individual generating units at Brandywine Power Facility
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle99 MW1996Operating
2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle99 MW1996Operating
3Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle91 MW230 MW1996Operating

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 289 MW solar plant and a 289 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