WARREN F SAM BEASLEY GENERATION STATION

How WARREN F SAM BEASLEY GENERATION STATION compares

With 96 MW of capacity, WARREN F SAM BEASLEY GENERATION STATION ranks 6th among the 22 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Delaware and 3rd of the 4 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.8% of Delaware's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 687th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is older than 52% of the 21 operating Delaware plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Kent County with 7 other operating plants, including NRG ENERGY CENTER DOVER and VAN SANT STATION.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 96 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 65.9 GWh in 2024 (a 7.8% capacity factor), up 6% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2002 and 2012.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by DELMARVA POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 4,210 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PSEG SALEM GENERATING STATION (2,382 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is USNAMES-NET in Wilmington, about 31.2 miles away.

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