Works 53

Other power plant · Davidson County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in North Carolina
#735
of 930 plants
In service since
1967
January 1967

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC
County
Davidson County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among other plants in North Carolina
#33 of 69
EIA plant code
58046

Generating units

Individual generating units at Works 53
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
2Petroleum Liquids1.2 MW1.2 MW1975Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
1Petroleum Liquids1.0 MW1.0 MW1967Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
3Petroleum Liquids0.8 MW0.8 MW1988Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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