Metropolitan Sewerage District
Hydro power plant · Buncombe County, North Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Metropolitan Sewerage District
- County
- Buncombe County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in North Carolina
- #31 of 38
- EIA plant code
- 10181
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1988 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1988 | 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
| Queens Creek BESS | Battery storage | 2.5 MW |
| Edenton Generators | Other | 2.4 MW |
| Murphy-Brown LLC | Other | 2.4 MW |
| Suncaster, LLC | Solar | 2.4 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 2.4 MW solar plant and a 2.4 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