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Berkeley County Landfill

Other power plant · Berkeley County, South Carolina

Nameplate capacity
3.2 MW
Rank in South Carolina
#138
of 214 plants
In service since
2011
February 2011

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
South Carolina Public Service Authority
County
Berkeley County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among other plants in South Carolina
#22 of 29
EIA plant code
57945

Generating units

Individual generating units at Berkeley County Landfill
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
B1Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.5 MW2011Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
B2Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.5 MW2011Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year

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 3.2 MW solar plant and a 3.2 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 South Carolina power plants · What South Carolina actually generates