URQUHART

How URQUHART compares

With 759 MW of capacity, URQUHART ranks 13th among the 83 operating power plants Bywatts maps in South Carolina and 5th of the 12 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 13% of South Carolina's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 164th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1953, it is older than 74% of the 82 operating South Carolina plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC&GAS CO, runs 12 operating plants in South Carolina totaling 5,236 MW. It shares Aiken County with 2 other operating plants, SAVANNAH RIVER SITE BIOMASS COGEN and US DOE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (D AREA).

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 759 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,395 GWh in 2024 (a 21% capacity factor), down 31% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1953 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is VOGTLE (500 kV), about 21.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC&GAS CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 3,130 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is VOGTLE (2,320 MW, Nuclear).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology