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Spartanburg Water System

Other power plant · Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Nameplate capacity
5.3 MW
Rank in South Carolina
#122
of 214 plants
In service since
2011
December 2011

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Spartanburg Commissioners PW
County
Spartanburg County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among other plants in South Carolina
#19 of 29
EIA plant code
54675

Generating units

Individual generating units at Spartanburg Water System
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
DI4Petroleum Liquids2.3 MW2.3 MW2025Operating
DI2Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2011Operating
HG1Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW2026Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
HG2Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW2026Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 5.3 MW solar plant and a 5.3 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