How many natural gas power plants are in Maryland?

Maryland has 21 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 6.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Maryland?

Chalk Point Power in Prince Georges County, Maryland is the largest, at 1,774 MW. It came online in 1991.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Maryland in 2025?

0 natural gas power plants came online in Maryland in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Maryland?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in Maryland

Maryland has 21 operating natural gas power plants with 6.4 GW of capacity.

Operating21

See planned natural gas power plants in Maryland

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Maryland had 10 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 21 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Maryland

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Chalk Point Power	Prince Georges County	1991	1,774 MW
2	Wildcat Point Generation Facility	Cecil County	2018	1,114 MW
3	Key	Prince Georges County	2018	831 MW
4	Essential Power Rock Springs LLC	Cecil County	2003	796 MW
5	CPV St Charles Energy Center	Charles County	2017	775 MW
6	Perryman	Harford County	2015	333 MW
7	Dickerson Power	Montgomery County	1992	326 MW
8	Brandywine Power Facility	Prince Georges County	1996	289 MW
9	Central Utility Plant at White Oak	Montgomery County	2014	47 MW
10	NIH Cogeneration Facility	Montgomery County	2018	28 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Maryland

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Brookville Smart Bus Depot Microgrid	Montgomery County	2024	2 MW
2	Maryland Bioenergy Center (Jessup)	Howard County	2022	1 MW
3	Berlin	Worcester County	2020	2 MW
4	UE-00801MD, LLC	Cecil County	2019	1 MW
5	NIH Cogeneration Facility	Montgomery County	2018	28 MW
6	Key	Prince Georges County	2018	831 MW
7	Wildcat Point Generation Facility	Cecil County	2018	1,114 MW
8	UE-00601MD, LLC	Prince Georges County	2018	6 MW
9	UE-00301MD, LLC	Prince Georges County	2017	1 MW
10	UE-00501MD, LLC	Wicomico County	2017	3 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in Maryland

How many natural gas power plants are in Maryland?: Maryland has 21 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 6.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Maryland?: Chalk Point Power in Prince Georges County, Maryland is the largest, at 1,774 MW. It came online in 1991.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Maryland in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Maryland in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Maryland?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.