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EIA plant 7210

Cope · Orangeburg · SC

Cope

Operated by Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc

Annual generation1,666,134 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextDominion Energy South CarolinaBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Cope?

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33.364400, -81.030000

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Steam Turbine417.3 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1163,336
2131,607
3155,154
45,553
5162,790
6137,776
7154,549
8160,736
999,933
10209,322
11160,178
12125,200

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1163,336
2131,607
3155,154
45,553
5162,790
6137,776
7154,549
8160,736
999,933
10209,322
11160,178
12125,200

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1163,336 MWh
2131,607 MWh
3155,154 MWh
45,553 MWh
5162,790 MWh
6137,776 MWh
7154,549 MWh
8160,736 MWh
999,933 MWh
10209,322 MWh
11160,178 MWh
12125,200 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
ST1Natural Gas Steam TurbineNG417.3OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
7210
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Wells
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 10 has the highest recorded value (209,322 MWh) and 4 the lowest (5,553 MWh). Their difference is 203,769 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
ST1Natural Gas Steam Turbine417.3415.0415.0110.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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