# Wheelabrator Baltimore Refuse

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/wheelabrator-baltimore-refuse

WIN Waste - Baltimore City County - PJM

BRESCO is a 64.5 MW municipal solid waste power plant in Baltimore City, Maryland, made up of two waste-to-energy generating units that have operated since 1984 and 2001. Opened in 1985, the incinerator's tall smokestack along Interstate 95 is a well-known Baltimore landmark and burns roughly 700,000 tons of trash a year for the city and surrounding counties. BRESCO remains Baltimore's largest single stationary source of air pollution and continues to draw sustained opposition from community and environmental groups over its emissions and ash disposal.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 64.5 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 10629 — plant-10629

## Facts

- **Technology:** Municipal Solid Waste
- **Operator:** Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P.

## Related parties

- **Operator:** Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. — Permitted operating entity ([source](https://www.win-waste.com/about-us/locations/baltimore-md))
- **Owner / parent company:** Macquarie Infrastructure Partners — Parent company (current) ([source](https://www.macquarie.com/))
- **Former owner / parent company:** Energy Capital Partners — Former parent company ([source](https://www.ecpgp.com/))
- **Former owner / parent company:** Waste Management, Inc. — Former parent company ([source](https://www.wm.com/))
- **Construction contractor:** Cianbro — Emissions-control upgrade contractor ([source](https://www.cianbro.com/))

## Sources

- [investors.wm.com](https://investors.wm.com/news-releases/news-release-details/waste-management-completes-divestiture-wheelabrator-technologies) — investors.wm.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mde.maryland.gov](https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/permits/AirManagementPermits/Documents/Public-Review/new%20Title%20V%20public%20review/Wheelabrator%20Docket%202026.pdf) — mde.maryland.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cianbro.com](https://www.cianbro.com/news/project-aims-to-provide-cleaner-air-in-baltimore) — cianbro.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cleanairbmore.org](https://www.cleanairbmore.org/lawsuit/035L.pdf) — cleanairbmore.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/wheelabrator-baltimore-refuse
Website: [Macquarie Asset Management](https://www.win-waste.com/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/