Power plants in North Carolina

914 operating power projects with 38,839 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.

Projects

914

Nameplate capacity

38,839 MW

Counties with a plant

88

Operators

224

Power markets: PJM prices

Capacity by fuel

MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.

Largest power plants in North Carolina

Top 50 · All 914 plants
PlantPrimary fuelMWCountyOperator
RoxboroCoal2,558PersonDuke Energy Progress - (NC)
Belews CreekNatural gas2,491StokesDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC
McGuireNuclear2,441MecklenburgDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy ComplexNatural gas2,245RichmondDuke Energy Progress - (NC)
Lincoln CombustionNatural gas2,156LincolnDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Marshall (NC)Natural gas and coal2,119CatawbaDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Brunswick NuclearNuclear2,003BrunswickDuke Energy Progress - (NC)
James E. Rogers Energy ComplexNatural gas1,531ClevelandDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC
RowanNatural gas1,192RowanSouthern Power Co
Lee Combined Cycle PlantNatural gas1,068WayneDuke Energy Progress - (NC)

North Carolina power plants by fuel

Newest plants in North Carolina

Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.

Counties with the most capacity

Largest operators in North Carolina

Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.

All 914 plants in North Carolina, by county

Alamance County 9 plants

Alexander County 3 plants

Anson County 11 plants

Beaufort County 11 plants

Bertie County 6 plants

Bladen County 16 plants

Brunswick County 4 plants

Buncombe County 6 plants

Burke County 9 plants

Cabarrus County 7 plants

Caldwell County 4 plants

Camden County 4 plants

Caswell County 4 plants

Catawba County 15 plants

Chatham County 10 plants

Cherokee County 4 plants

Chowan County 6 plants

Clay County 2 plants

Cleveland County 29 plants

Columbus County 19 plants

Craven County 12 plants

Cumberland County 18 plants

Currituck County 5 plants

Dare County 1 plant

Davidson County 8 plants

Davie County 8 plants

Duplin County 35 plants

Durham County 5 plants

Edgecombe County 9 plants

Forsyth County 5 plants

Franklin County 11 plants

Gaston County 13 plants

Gates County 3 plants

Graham County 2 plants

Granville County 9 plants

Greene County 6 plants

Guilford County 12 plants

Halifax County 19 plants

Harnett County 13 plants

Haywood County 2 plants

Henderson County 3 plants

Hertford County 16 plants

Hoke County 5 plants

Hyde County 2 plants

Iredell County 6 plants

Jackson County 5 plants

Johnston County 31 plants

Jones County 10 plants

Lee County 9 plants

Lenoir County 15 plants

Lincoln County 6 plants

Macon County 3 plants

Madison County 2 plants

Martin County 16 plants

Mecklenburg County 6 plants

Montgomery County 13 plants

Moore County 11 plants

Nash County 32 plants

Northampton County 17 plants

Onslow County 9 plants

Orange County 5 plants

Pamlico County 2 plants

Pasquotank County 3 plants

Pender County 9 plants

Perquimans County 9 plants

Person County 9 plants

Pitt County 9 plants

Randolph County 18 plants

Richmond County 14 plants

Robeson County 45 plants

Rockingham County 11 plants

Rowan County 15 plants

Rutherford County 12 plants

Sampson County 14 plants

Scotland County 16 plants

Stanly County 9 plants

Stokes County 5 plants

Surry County 8 plants

Swain County 1 plant

Union County 7 plants

Vance County 13 plants

Wake County 16 plants

Warren County 11 plants

Washington County 3 plants

Wayne County 34 plants

Wilson County 13 plants

Yadkin County 8 plants

Questions about power plants in North Carolina

How many power plants are in North Carolina?

EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 914 operating power projects in North Carolina, with 38,839 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.

What is the largest power plant in North Carolina?

Roxboro in Person County, with 2,558.2 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Belews Creek, with 2,491.2 MW.

How much of North Carolina's capacity is solar?

7,076 MW, about 18% of nameplate capacity. 768 projects have solar as their primary fuel.

Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources