HERBERT A WAGNER

How HERBERT A WAGNER compares

With 1,059 MW of capacity, HERBERT A WAGNER ranks 4th among the 48 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Maryland and 3rd of the 4 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 18% of Maryland's operating Coal capacity and 10% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 111th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1956, it is older than 89% 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, BRANDON SHORES and MILLERSVILLE LFG.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 923 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,059 MW). Net generation was 159 GWh in 2024 (a 2% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1956 and 1972.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WAUGH CHAPEL (500 kV), about 12.2 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 1,952 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BRANDON SHORES (1,370 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Lumen Baltimore in Baltimore, about 9.3 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