MARSHALL STEAM STATION

How MARSHALL STEAM STATION compares

With 1,996 MW of capacity, MARSHALL STEAM STATION ranks 6th among the 205 operating power plants Bywatts maps in North Carolina and 3rd of the 12 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 17% of North Carolina's operating Coal capacity and 6.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 32nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1965, it is older than 81% 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 Catawba County with 6 other operating plants, including OXFORD and ARNDT FARM.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 2,119 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 7,445 GWh in 2024 (a 40% capacity factor), up 3% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1965 and 1970.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 25 operating power plants totaling 5,916 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MCGUIRE (2,441 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Carolina Internet / CaroNet XB in Charlotte, about 29.0 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