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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Wind & solar
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- In development
- Under construction
- Operating
- Size not stated
McGuire: location and 3 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
McGuire
Power plant · Nuclear
Key facts
Power plant · Nuclearran 91% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1981
- Net generation, 2025
- 19,505,489 MWh
- Grid
- 500 kV to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (DUK)
- Location
- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Operated by
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Nuclear
Details
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- Technology
- Nuclear source: “Nuclear”
- Age
- 45 years since 1981
- Heat rate
- 10,443 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 203,703,362 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.912 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 10,443.4 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 19,505,489 |
| Balancing authority code | DUK |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- 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
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