Montgomery County Resource Recovery
Other power plant · Montgomery County, Maryland
Nameplate capacity
68 MW
Rank in Maryland
#20
of 234 plants
In service since
1995
May 1995
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Covanta Montgomery, Inc.
- County
- Montgomery County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.51%
- Rank among other plants in Maryland
- #6 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 50657
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 68 MW | 54 MW | 1995 | Operating |
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 68 MW solar plant and a 68 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