MD · US STATE

Maryland
power plants.

Maryland has 126 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 14 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 53.6% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 19%. The largest plant we track is Chalk Point LLC (2,553 MW, online since 1976).

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126 Tracked plants
14 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
10 Fuel types

Maryland electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 53.6% 7.5 GW Coal 19% 2.7 GW Nuclear 13.2% 1.9 GW Oil 5.4% 0.8 GW Hydro 3.9% 0.6 GW Solar 2.3% 0.3 GW Wind 1.4% 0.2 GW Waste-to-Energy 1.1% 0.2 GW Battery Storage 0.1% 0 GW Biomass 0% 0 GW

Largest plants in Maryland

01 Chalk Point LLC Natural Gas · 1976 2,553 MW 02 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear · 1976 1,850 MW 03 Brandon Shores Coal · 1987 1,370 MW 04 Wildcat Point Generation Facility Natural Gas · 2018 1,114 MW 05 Herbert A Wagner Coal · 1966 1,059 MW 06 Keys Energy Center Natural Gas · 2018 831 MW 07 Essential Power Rock Springs LLC Natural Gas · 2003 773 MW 08 CPV St Charles Energy Center Natural Gas · 2017 746 MW 09 Conowingo Hydro · 1943 531 MW 10 Perryman Natural Gas · 1993 492 MW 11 Commonwealth Chesapeake Oil · 2000 403 MW 12 Brandywine Power Facility Natural Gas · 1996 289 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Maryland get its electricity?

Across the 126 plants we track in Maryland, capacity is led by natural gas at 53.6%, then coal at 19%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Maryland?

The largest plant in our Maryland catalog is Chalk Point LLC, a natural gas facility with 2,553 MW (commissioned 1976).

How many power plants are in Maryland?

Our catalog tracks 126 power plants in Maryland totalling 14 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Nevada 90 plants Connecticut 126 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW

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