Myrtle Beach
Other power plant · Horry County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- South Carolina Public Service Authority
- County
- Horry County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.41%
- Rank among other plants in South Carolina
- #2 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 3320
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 35 MW | 19 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 27 MW | 19 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 27 MW | 19 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 12 MW | 8.0 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 12 MW | 8.0 MW | 1962 | 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
| Hilton Head | Other | 118 MW |
| Cherokee County Cogen | Natural gas | 118 MW |
| Sylvamo Corporation Eastover Facility | Other | 110 MW |
| SR Lambert I, LLC | Solar | 100 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 112 MW solar plant and a 112 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