24th largest plant in South Carolina · 1694th nationally
Hagood is a natural gas power plant in South Carolina with a nameplate capacity of 177 MW. It generates roughly 23.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,221 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 2% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1404 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Hagood |
|---|---|
| Operator | Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc |
| City | Charleston Heights |
| County | Charleston County |
| State | South Carolina |
| ZIP | 29405 |
| Coordinates | 32.82650, -79.96340 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 122 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.9 MW | Operating | 2010 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.4 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| CO₂ | 16.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 17 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1404 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Dominion Energy South Carolina |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.