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Power plant · Oil

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Power plant · Oil Operating

Commissioned: 1991
Net generation, 2025: 313 MWh
Grid: 34 kV to Cape Hatteras Elec Member Corp (PJM)
Location: Dare County, North Carolina
Operated by: North Carolina El Member CorpSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2002 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2002 to 2025

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Technology: Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
Age: 35 years since 1991
Unused energy: 131 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate: 21,144 Btu/kWh 2025

All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region SERC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 34.50 Transmission owner Cape Hatteras Elec Member Corp Balancing authority code PJM Balancing authority name PJM Interconnection, LLC
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	6,618
Capacity factor, 2025	0.002
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	21,143.8
Net generation (MWh), 2025	313
Balancing authority code	PJM

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