Morgantown Generating Plant
Other power plant · Charles County, Maryland
Nameplate capacity
260 MW
Rank in Maryland
#13
of 234 plants
In service since
1973
May 1973
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Lanyard Power Holdings, LLC
- County
- Charles County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.96%
- Rank among other plants in Maryland
- #2 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 1573
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 65 MW | 54 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 65 MW | 54 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 65 MW | 54 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 65 MW | 54 MW | 1973 | 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
| Dickerson Power | Natural gas | 326 MW |
| Brandywine Power Facility | Natural gas | 289 MW |
| Vienna Operations | Other | 181 MW |
| CPV Backbone Solar | Solar | 175 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 260 MW solar plant and a 260 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