Broad River Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Cherokee County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Broad River Energy LLC
- County
- Cherokee County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 3.62%
- Rank among natural gas plants in South Carolina
- #3 of 20
- EIA plant code
- 55166
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 197 MW | 174 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| CT02 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 197 MW | 170 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| CT03 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 197 MW | 173 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| CT04 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 197 MW | 173 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| CT05 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 197 MW | 174 MW | 2001 | 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 South Carolina
| Jasper | Natural gas | 1,068 MW |
| V C Summer | Nuclear | 1,030 MW |
| W S Lee | Natural gas | 955 MW |
| Mill Creek (SC) | Natural gas | 799 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 985 MW solar plant and a 985 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