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Conowingo

Hydro power plant · Harford County, Maryland

Nameplate capacity
531 MW
Rank in Maryland
#9
of 234 plants
In service since
1928
March 1928

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Constellation Power, Inc
County
Harford County
Generating units
11
Share of state capacity
3.99%
Rank among hydro plants in Maryland
#1 of 2
EIA plant code
1574

Generating units

Individual generating units at Conowingo
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
10Conventional Hydroelectric56 MW56 MW1964Operating
11Conventional Hydroelectric56 MW52 MW1964Operating
8Conventional Hydroelectric56 MW57 MW1964Operating
9Conventional Hydroelectric56 MW57 MW1964Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW42 MW1928Operating
7Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW42 MW1928Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW42 MW1928Operating
6Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW42 MW1928Operating
1Conventional Hydroelectric45 MW41 MW1928Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric36 MW33 MW1928Operating
5Conventional Hydroelectric36 MW33 MW1928Operating

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 531 MW solar plant and a 531 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