Monroe Generating Station
Natural gas power plant · Union County, North Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
- County
- Union County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in North Carolina
- #19 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 57505
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 15 MW | 12 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 15 MW | 12 MW | 2010 | 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
| Univ of NC Chapel Hill Cogen Facility | Coal | 32 MW |
| Falls Hydro | Hydro | 31 MW |
| Apex NC Solar | Solar | 29 MW |
| Smithfield Farmland Corp Bladen | Other | 29 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 30 MW solar plant and a 30 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