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Registry, engineering, and operating metrics shown on a consistent EIA basis.

Metric	Covanta Essex Company Essex County	Wheelabrator Baltimore Refuse Baltimore City County
Capacity	69.8 MW	64.5 MW
Technology	Municipal Solid Waste	Municipal Solid Waste
Operator	Covanta Essex Company	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
Operating units	2	2
Latest 12-month generation	469.6 GWh	312.3 GWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor	80.1% (2025)	52.1% (2025)
National technology rank	#8 of 55	#12 of 55
Latest EIA report	2026-06	2026-06

Generation comes from EIA-923. Capacity, unit counts, technology, and reporting relationships come from EIA-860. Incomplete reporting years are excluded from capacity-factor comparisons.

Compare power plants

Registry, engineering, and operating metrics shown on a consistent EIA basis.

Metric	Covanta Essex Company Essex County	Wheelabrator Baltimore Refuse Baltimore City County
Capacity	69.8 MW	64.5 MW
Technology	Municipal Solid Waste	Municipal Solid Waste
Operator	Covanta Essex Company	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
Operating units	2	2
Latest 12-month generation	469.6 GWh	312.3 GWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor	80.1% (2025)	52.1% (2025)
National technology rank	#8 of 55	#12 of 55
Latest EIA report	2026-06	2026-06

Generation comes from EIA-923. Capacity, unit counts, technology, and reporting relationships come from EIA-860. Incomplete reporting years are excluded from capacity-factor comparisons.