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Lincoln Combustion

Natural gas power plant · Lincoln County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity

2,290 MW

Rank in North Carolina

of 930 plants

In service since

1995

May 1995

Details

Primary fuel: Natural gas
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
County: Lincoln County
Generating units: 17
Share of state capacity: 5.71%
Rank among natural gas plants in North Carolina: #2 of 22
EIA plant code: 7277

Generating units

Individual generating units at Lincoln Combustion
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
17	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	536 MW	365 MW	2024	Operating
1	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1995	Operating
10	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1995	Operating
11	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1995	Operating
12	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1995	Operating
13	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	72 MW	1996	Operating
14	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	72 MW	1996	Operating
15	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1996	Operating
16	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1996	Operating
2	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	74 MW	1995	Operating
3	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1995	Operating
4	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	73 MW	1995	Operating
5	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	72 MW	1995	Operating
6	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	72 MW	1995	Operating
7	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	72 MW	1995	Operating
8	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	72 MW	1995	Operating
9	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	110 MW	71 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.

Similarly sized plants in North Carolina

Belews Creek	Natural gas	2,491 MW
McGuire	Nuclear	2,441 MW
Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex	Natural gas	2,245 MW
Marshall (NC)	Natural gas	2,119 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 2,290 MW solar plant and a 2,290 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