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Central Utility Plant at White Oak: location and 13 exact-grade projects within 15 mi. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Central Utility Plant at White Oak
Power plant · Gas, combined cycle
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combined cycleran 20% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2003
- Net generation, 2025
- 93,668 MWh
- Grid
- 14 kV to Potomac Electric Power Co (PJM)
- Location
- Montgomery County, Maryland
- Operated by
- GSA Metropolitan Service Center
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- U.S. Government
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- Technology
- Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
- Age
- 23 years since 2003
- Unused energy
- 382 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
- 13,491 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Eia status |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 1,263,684 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.197 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 13,491.2 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 93,667.6 |
| Balancing authority code | PJM |
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSA Metropolitan Service Center | Operator | EIA-860M | |
| U.S. Government | Owner | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
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|---|---|---|---|
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| GENERAL ELECTRIC, ROCKVILLE Built | Large load | 9.8 mi | |
| Project Shadow S&R Crane 1 (Annapolis Junction MD data centre) Filed | Large load | 11.6 mi | |
| Montgomery County Oaks LFGE Plant Postponed | Biomass | 12.9 mi | 5.6 |
| AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC LTW060 Built | Large load | 13.7 mi | |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION Built | Large load | 14.5 mi | |
| GE INFORMATION SYSTEMS Built | Large load | 14.5 mi | |
| Valo Park Built | Large load | 14.7 mi | |
| ZAYO GROUP, LLC Built | Large load | 14.9 mi |
Sources EPA ICIS-Air · EIA-860M · FAA OE/AAA · Virginia DEQ
Sources
- EPA ICIS-Air
- EIA-860M
- FAA OE/AAA
- Virginia DEQSource: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality