BRANDON SHORES

How BRANDON SHORES compares

With 1,370 MW of capacity, BRANDON SHORES ranks 3rd among the 48 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Maryland and 2nd of the 4 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 23% of Maryland's operating Coal capacity and 13% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 81st-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1984, it is older than 67% of the 46 operating Maryland plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, RAVEN POWER HOLDINGS LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Maryland totaling 2,429 MW. It shares Anne Arundel County with 2 other operating plants, HERBERT A WAGNER and MILLERSVILLE LFG.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,370 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 2,168 GWh in 2024 (an 18% capacity factor), up 4% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1984 and 1991.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WAUGH CHAPEL (500 kV), about 12.0 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 1,640 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HERBERT A WAGNER (1,059 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Lumen Baltimore in Baltimore, about 8.8 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