DELAWARE CITY PLANT

How DELAWARE CITY PLANT compares

With 324 MW of capacity, DELAWARE CITY PLANT ranks 4th among the 22 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Delaware and 2nd of the 4 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 20% of Delaware's operating Natural Gas capacity and 9.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 434th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1956, it is older than 90% of the 21 operating Delaware plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares New Castle County with 7 other operating plants, including HAY ROAD and EDGE MOOR.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 324 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 1,140 GWh in 2024 (a 40% capacity factor), up 7% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1956 and 2000.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CLAYMONT (230 kV), about 17.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by DELMARVA POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 20 operating power plants totaling 8,321 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PSEG SALEM GENERATING STATION (2,382 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is USNAMES-NET in Wilmington, about 9.5 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology