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The Dickerson plant began service in 1959. [3] All of the generating plants were built by the Potomac Electric Power Company, which sold them to the Southern Company in December 2000 as a result of the restructuring of the electricity generating industry in Maryland.
Bowleys Quarters, Maryland: 399 Avenue Capital Group 1961 2018 Dickerson Generating Station: Montgomery County, Maryland: 588 NRG Energy: 1959 August 2020 [6] Luke Mill Power Plant Luke, Maryland: 65 Verso Corporation: 1958 2019 R. Paul Smith Power Station: Williamsport, Maryland: 116 FirstEnergy: 1927 2012 Morgantown Generating Station ...
Dickerson was officially founded in 1871. It was named after its first postmaster, William H. Dickerson, who served from 1873 to 1897. The earliest land grant known to have been given out in the land that is now Dickerson was granted to Arthur Nelson: He received 97 acres (390,000 m 2) in 1739.
Mirant's Morgantown Generating Station, located near the unincorporated town of Morgantown, Maryland, was ranked as the best coal-fired plant in terms of heat-rate efficiency in the United States in Electric Power & Light magazine's 2004 survey of power plants. The Dickerson Generating Station, located near Dickerson, Maryland, and other Mirant ...
The Dickerson Whitewater Course, on the Potomac River near Dickerson, Maryland, was built for use by canoe and kayak paddlers training for the 1992 Olympic Games in Spain. It was the first pump-powered artificial whitewater course built in North America, and is still the only one anywhere with heated water.
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The Chalk Point plant began service in 1964. [6] All of the GenOn generating units at the Chalk Point Generating Station were built by the Potomac Electric Power Company, which sold them to the Southern Company in December 2000 as a result of the restructuring of the electricity generating industry in Maryland.