- Combustion
- Bioenergy
- Loads
- In development
- Under construction
- Operating
- Retired
- Size not stated
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Combustion
- Bioenergy
- Loads
- In development
- Under construction
- Operating
- Retired
- Size not stated
Gude: location and 24 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gude
Power plant · Biomass
Key facts
Power plant · Biomassran 12% of 2005 Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1985
- Net generation, 2005
- 2,835 MWh
- Location
- Montgomery County, Maryland
- Operated by
- 8309 Tujunga Avenue Corp
Output
- Biomass and waste
Details
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- Technology
- Biomass source: “Landfill Gas”
- Age
- 41 years since 1985
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- January 2006
- Capacity retired
- 2.8 MW
- Generators retired
- 2
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUD1 | Landfill Gas | 1.4 MW | Retired | January 2006 |
| GUD2 | Landfill Gas | 1.4 MW | Retired | January 2006 |
Grid
Not in EIA-860Grid fieldsEIA-860 states no grid voltage or transmission owner for this plant: its annual file lists plants with a generator in the report year, so a plant that retired earlier is not in it.Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
- Mount Zion - Norbeck 230 kV
- Mount Zion - Norbeck 230 kV
- Mount Zion - Norbeck 230 kV
- Quince Orchard - Mount Zion 230 kV
- Quince Orchard - Mount Zion 230 kV
- Quince Orchard - Mount Zion 230 kV
- Brighton - Mount Zion 230 kV
- Brighton - Burtonsville 230 kV
- Brighton 500 kV line
- Brighton - Waugh Chapel 500 kV
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8309 Tujunga Avenue Corp | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste Services | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- Stated Units GUD1, GUD2 scheduled to retire, 2.8 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · 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 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- LBNL — A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024 (OEDI submission 8742)Yin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: 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
Nearby
within 25 kmSources EPA ICIS-Air · EIA-860M · EPA ICIS-NPDES · Virginia DEQ · Loudoun County
Sources
- EPA ECHO ICIS-Air national facility download (data-centre selection, placed through FRS)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA ECHO ICIS-NPDES construction stormwater coverage (data-centre sites, national)
- Virginia DEQ Air Sites (Daily) — sites DEQ flags as data centresSource: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Loudoun County data center pipeline — land with a data center application in review or approvedSource: Loudoun County, Virginia