Dan River
Natural gas power plant · Rockingham County, North Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- County
- Rockingham County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.74%
- Rank among natural gas plants in North Carolina
- #13 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 2723
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST7 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 327 MW | 308 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| CT8 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 185 MW | 177 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| CT9 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 185 MW | 177 MW | 2012 | 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 North Carolina
| Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility | Natural gas | 736 MW |
| Buck | Natural gas | 698 MW |
| Kings Mountain Energy Center | Natural gas | 544 MW |
| Cowans Ford | Hydro | 350 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 698 MW solar plant and a 698 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 North Carolina power plants · What North Carolina actually generates