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Natural gas power plant · Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
- County
- Orangeburg County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.53%
- Rank among natural gas plants in South Carolina
- #8 of 20
- EIA plant code
- 7210
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 417 MW | 415 MW | 1996 | 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
| Williams | Coal | 660 MW |
| Fairfield Pumped Storage | Hydro | 587 MW |
| J Strom Thurmond | Hydro | 362 MW |
| Darlington County | Natural gas | 316 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 417 MW solar plant and a 417 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