CLIFFSIDE

How CLIFFSIDE compares

With 1,480 MW of capacity, CLIFFSIDE ranks 8th among the 205 operating power plants Bywatts maps in North Carolina and 4th of the 12 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 13% of North Carolina's operating Coal capacity and 4.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 73rd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 78% of the 183 operating North Carolina plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, runs 27 operating plants in North Carolina totaling 13,073 MW. It shares Cleveland County with 7 other operating plants, including CLEVELAND CNTY GENERATING FACILITY and PPG INDUSTRIES SHELBY NC WORKS.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,531 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 4,424 GWh in 2024 (a 33% capacity factor), down 12% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1972 and 2012.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 17 operating power plants totaling 2,679 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BROAD RIVER ENERGY CENTER (985 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Carolina Internet / CaroNet XB in Charlotte, about 46.9 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