Cherokee County Cogen
Natural gas power plant · Cherokee County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Cherokee County Cogen Partners LLC
- County
- Cherokee County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.43%
- Rank among natural gas plants in South Carolina
- #13 of 20
- EIA plant code
- 55043
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 77 MW | 51 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 41 MW | 35 MW | 1998 | 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
| Parr GT | Natural gas | 131 MW |
| Hilton Head | Other | 118 MW |
| Myrtle Beach | Other | 112 MW |
| Sylvamo Corporation Eastover Facility | Other | 110 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 118 MW solar plant and a 118 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