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Deep Creek

Hydro power plant · Garrett County, Maryland

Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Maryland
#37
of 234 plants
In service since
2025
July 2025

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
BP Piney & Deep Creek LLC
County
Garrett County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.15%
Rank among hydro plants in Maryland
#2 of 2
EIA plant code
1567

Generating units

Individual generating units at Deep Creek
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric10 MW9.0 MW2025Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric10 MW9.0 MW2025Operating

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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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