Directory of Power Plants in North Carolina
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiwassee Dam | Tennessee Valley Authority | Murphy, NC | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | 267.2 GWh | Apr 1940 | Sep 2025 | Water |
| Brunswick Nuclear | Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Southport, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 15.4 TWh | Oct 1975 | Sep 2025 | Nuclear |
| Harris | Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | New Hill, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 8.6 TWh | Apr 1987 | Sep 2025 | Nuclear |
| McGuire | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Huntersville, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 19.9 TWh | Aug 1981 | Sep 2025 | Nuclear |
| Mayo | Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Roxboro, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 1.2 TWh | Feb 1983 | Sep 2025 | Bituminous Coal : 98.6% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.4% |
| Lincoln Combustion | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Stanley, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 797.4 GWh | Apr 1995 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex | Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Hamlet, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 10.1 TWh | Apr 2001 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| Rowan | Southern Power Co | Salisbury, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 4.5 TWh | Mar 2001 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.7% |
| Belews Creek | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Belews Creek, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 8.0 TWh | Jul 1974 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas : 72.6% Bituminous Coal : 27.4% |
| Metropolitan Sewerage District | Metropolitan Sewerage District | Asheville, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 2.4 GWh | Aug 1988 | Sep 2025 | Water |
| Craven County Wood Energy LP | CMS Generation Operating Co II | New Bern, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 287.0 GWh | Oct 1990 | Sep 2025 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 66.3% Other Biomass Solids : 33.7% |
| High Shoals Hydro (NC) | Central Rivers Power US, LLC | High Shoals, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 3.7 GWh | Jun 1934 | Sep 2025 | Water |
| International Paper Co. - New Bern Mill | International Paper Co. - New Bern Mill | New Bern, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 193.1 GWh | Nov 1969 | Sep 2025 | Black Liquor : 84.6% Natural Gas : 15.4% |
| KapStone Kraft Paper Corp | Westrock Kraft Paper, LLC | Roanoke Rapids, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 179.4 GWh | Dec 1965 | Sep 2025 | Black Liquor : 63.4% Bituminous Coal : 16.2% Natural Gas : 10.6% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 9.5% |
| PCS Phosphate | PCS Phosphate | Aurora, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 191.1 GWh | Nov 1984 | Sep 2025 | Waste Heat |
| Univ of NC Chapel Hill Cogen Facility | University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 54.3 GWh | Jun 1991 | Sep 2025 | Bituminous Coal : 55.6% Natural Gas : 44.4% |
| International Paper Riegelwood Mill | International Paper Co-Riegelwood | Riegelwood, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 329.4 GWh | Nov 1951 | Sep 2025 | Black Liquor : 84.2% Natural Gas : 15.8% |
| Avalon Hydropower | Avalon Hydropower LLC | Mayodan, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 3.4 GWh | Mar 1997 | Sep 2025 | Water |
| Rockingham County CT Station | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Reidsville, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 1.7 TWh | May 2000 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.9% |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital | City of Gastonia | Gastonia, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 22.0 MWh | Apr 2006 | Sep 2025 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Long Creek Waste Water Plant | City of Gastonia | Dallas, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 402.0 MWh | Dec 1994 | Sep 2025 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Concord Energy | Concord Energy LLC | Concord, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 64.4 GWh | Jan 2012 | Sep 2025 | Landfill Gas |
| Lee Combined Cycle Plant | Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Goldsboro, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 6.5 TWh | Nov 2012 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas |
| L V Sutton Combined Cycle | Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Wilmington, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 3.4 TWh | Oct 2013 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Kings Mountain Energy Center | Carolina Power Partners, LLC | Kings Mountain, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 3.1 TWh | Jul 2018 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Rutherford Farm | Southern Power Co | Forest City, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 136.3 GWh | Nov 2016 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 37 LLC | Dominion Renewable Energy | Morven, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 134.9 GWh | Apr 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 47 | MN8 Energy LLC | Maxton, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 51.3 GWh | Mar 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 54 | John Laing US Solar Corp. | Kinston, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 98.9 GWh | Nov 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 46 | Cypress Creek Renewables | Hope Mills, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 130.8 GWh | Nov 2016 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 67 | John Laing US Solar Corp. | Willard, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 63.1 GWh | Nov 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Desert Wind Farm, LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Hertford, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 528.1 GWh | Nov 2016 | Sep 2025 | Wind |
| Pecan Solar | Dominion Renewable Energy | Pleasant Hill, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 154.2 GWh | Nov 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 43, LLC | Cypress Creek Renewables | Ivanhoe, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 64.5 GWh | Nov 2016 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Shoe Creek Solar, LLC | Cypress Creek Renewables | Laurinburg, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 130.1 GWh | Nov 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Monroe Solar Facility | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Monroe, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 89.8 GWh | Feb 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 42 | Innovative Solar 42, LLC | Fayetteville, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 104.1 GWh | Aug 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Innovative Solar 31 | MN8 Energy LLC | Bladenboro, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 54.8 GWh | Dec 2016 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Summit Farms Solar | Dominion Renewable Energy | Moyock, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 84.9 GWh | Nov 2016 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Brantley Solar | John Laing US Solar Corp. | Spring Hope, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 99.5 GWh | Sep 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Fox Creek Solar | John Laing US Solar Corp. | Louisburg, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 85.4 GWh | Oct 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Chestnut Solar | Dominion Renewable Energy | Enfield, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 147.9 GWh | Feb 2020 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Bullock Solar, LLC | Cypress Creek Renewables | Manson, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 102.4 GWh | Nov 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Bladen Solar | Cypress Creek Renewables | Fayetteville, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 105.1 GWh | Nov 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| NC 102 Project LLC | NC 102 Project LLC | Midland, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 138.1 GWh | Aug 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Buckleberry Solar | John Laing US Solar Corp. | Grifton, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 97.4 GWh | Oct 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| North 301 Solar | North 301 Solar, LLC | Enfield, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 34.7 GWh | Nov 2019 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Ranchland Solar, LLC | Ranchland Solar, LLC | Moyock, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 102.4 GWh | Nov 2017 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Aulander Holloman Solar, LLC | Aulander Holloman Solar, LLC | Aulander, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 170.6 GWh | Nov 2018 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Wilkinson Solar LLC | Dominion Renewable Energy | Pantego, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 163.2 GWh | Nov 2019 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Maiden Creek Solar Power Plant | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Maiden, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 116.7 GWh | Dec 2020 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Gaston Solar Power Plant | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Cherryville Township, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 42.8 GWh | Nov 2020 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Crooked Run | Cubico USA, LLC | Willard, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 137.7 GWh | Nov 2019 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Fern Solar LLC | Fern Solar LLC | Battleboro, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 213.4 GWh | Nov 2020 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Broad River Solar, LLC | Duke Energy Renewables Services | Mooresboro, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 98.0 GWh | Nov 2021 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Hawtree Solar | Hawtree Creek Farm Solar, LLC | Warrenton, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 125.5 GWh | Sep 2021 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Gutenberg Solar | Dominion Energy Inc. | Garysburg, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 156.0 GWh | Aug 2019 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Sugar Solar, LLC | Sugar Solar, LLC | Yadkinville, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 106.2 GWh | Nov 2021 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Lick Creek Solar, LLC | Lick Creek Solar, LLC | Walnut Cove, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 108.6 GWh | Feb 2022 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Highest Power Solar, LLC | Highest Power Solar, LLC | Louisburg, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 90.8 GWh | Jan 2022 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Partin Solar | Partin Solar, LLC | Elkin, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 83.2 GWh | Sep 2023 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Trent River Solar, LLC | Trent River Solar, LLC | Pollocksville, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 138.2 GWh | Jun 2021 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Bay Tree | Cypress Creek Renewables | Harrells, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 148.5 GWh | Oct 2021 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Harts Mill Solar, LLC | Harts Mills Solar, LLC | Tarboro, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 173.0 GWh | Nov 2020 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Albemarle Beach Solar | Albemarle Beach Solar, LLC | Roper, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 229.9 GWh | Nov 2020 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Oak Trail Solar, LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Moyock, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 238.0 GWh | Jun 2023 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Stanly Solar, LLC | Stanly Solar, LLC | Albemarle, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 91.6 GWh | Jul 2022 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Phobos Solar, LLC | Phobos Solar, LLC | Middlesex, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 173.9 GWh | Dec 2022 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Cabin Creek Solar, LLC | Cabin Creek Solar, LLC | Biscoe, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 165.3 GWh | Dec 2022 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Misenheimer Solar LLC | Misenheimer Solar LLC | Gold Hill, NC | Duke Energy Carolinas (DUK) | 161.0 GWh | Mar 2024 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Virginia Line Solar, LLC | Virginia Line Solar, LLC | Manson, NC | Duke Energy Progress East (CPLE) | 80.7 GWh | Nov 2023 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Oak Solar | Oak Solar LLC | Gaston, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 259.8 GWh | Nov 2023 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Timbermill Wind, LLC | Timbermill Wind | Edenton, NC | PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) | 278.6 GWh | Nov 2024 | Sep 2025 | Wind |