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Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex

Natural gas power plant · Richmond County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity

2,245 MW

Rank in North Carolina

of 930 plants

In service since

2001

May 2001

Details

Primary fuel: Natural gas
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator: Duke Energy Progress - (NC)
County: Richmond County
Generating units: 11
Share of state capacity: 5.60%
Rank among natural gas plants in North Carolina: #3 of 22
EIA plant code: 7805

Generating units

Individual generating units at Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
ST5	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	271 MW	252 MW	2011	Operating
001	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	199 MW	165 MW	2001	Operating
002	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	199 MW	164 MW	2001	Operating
003	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	199 MW	160 MW	2001	Operating
004	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	199 MW	159 MW	2001	Operating
6	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	199 MW	152 MW	2002	Operating
7	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	199 MW	152 MW	2002	Operating
8	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	199 MW	152 MW	2002	Operating
ST4	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	196 MW	171 MW	2002	Operating
10	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	191 MW	178 MW	2011	Operating
9	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	191 MW	178 MW	2011	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

McGuire	Nuclear	2,441 MW
Lincoln Combustion	Natural gas	2,290 MW
Marshall (NC)	Natural gas	2,119 MW
Brunswick Nuclear	Nuclear	2,003 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 2,245 MW solar plant and a 2,245 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