EDGE MOOR

How EDGE MOOR compares

With 710 MW of capacity, EDGE MOOR ranks 3rd among the 22 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Delaware and 2nd of the 3 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 44% of Delaware's operating Coal capacity and 21% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 136th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1954, it is older than 95% of the 21 operating Delaware plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CALPINE MID-ATLANTIC GENERATION LLC, runs 5 operating plants in Delaware totaling 1,994 MW. It shares New Castle County with 7 other operating plants, including HAY ROAD and DELAWARE CITY PLANT.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 710 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 328 GWh in 2024 (a 5.3% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1954 and 1973.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CLAYMONT (230 kV), about 5.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by DELMARVA POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 30 operating power plants totaling 8,664 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 IPR Wilmington CCC in Wilmington, about 2.4 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