Wateree
Coal power plant · Richland County, South Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc
- County
- Richland County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 2.83%
- Rank among coal plants in South Carolina
- #3 of 4
- EIA plant code
- 3297
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 386 MW | 342 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 386 MW | 342 MW | 1971 | 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
| Mill Creek (SC) | Natural gas | 799 MW |
| Jocassee | Hydro | 774 MW |
| H B Robinson | Nuclear | 769 MW |
| Urquhart | Natural gas | 759 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 772 MW solar plant and a 772 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