ASHEVILLE

How ASHEVILLE compares

With 837 MW of capacity, ASHEVILLE ranks 15th among the 205 operating power plants Bywatts maps in North Carolina and 6th of the 12 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.2% of North Carolina's operating Coal capacity and 2.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 122nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1999, it is older than 61% of the 183 operating North Carolina plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS INC, runs 13 operating plants in North Carolina totaling 11,962 MW. It shares Buncombe County with one other operating plant, METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 1,012 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 837 MW). Net generation was 3,835 GWh in 2024 (a 43% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1999 and 2020.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 23 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is TURNER SHOALS (5 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Netriplex in Asheville, about 1.5 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