L V Sutton Combined Cycle
Natural gas power plant · New Hanover County, North Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC)
- County
- New Hanover County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 2.12%
- Rank among natural gas plants in North Carolina
- #10 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 58697
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 288 MW | 268 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 221 MW | 173 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 221 MW | 173 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| CT004 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 61 MW | 42 MW | 2017 | Operating |
| CT005 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 61 MW | 42 MW | 2017 | 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
| Rockingham County CT Station | Natural gas | 978 MW |
| Harris (NC) | Nuclear | 951 MW |
| Mayo | Coal | 763 MW |
| Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility | Natural gas | 736 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 851 MW solar plant and a 851 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