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==Plant description==
The facility consists of two base loaded 624 MW coal-fired steam generating units, four 65 MW oil-fired peaking combustion units, and two 18 MW black start peaking turbines. The two coal-fired units are base-loaded [[Boiler#Supercritical_steam_generators|supercritical steam unit]]s units which went into operation in 1970 and 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006 |work= |publisher=[[Energy Information Administration]], U.S. Department of Energy |year=2006|url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html |format=Excel |doi= |accessdate=2008-07-14}}</ref> The four peaking units are [[General Electric]] Frame 7 units which went into operation in 1973, while the two black start peaking units are General Electric Frame 5 units which went into operation in 1970 and 1971.<ref>''Environmental Review of the Air Pollution Control Project at the Morgantown Generating Station'' by the [[Maryland Department of Natural Resources]] (Apr. 6, 2007), [[Maryland Public Service Commission]] Case No. 9085 docket</ref>
Coal is delivered to the Morgantown generating station by CSX Transportation train using the [[Popes Creek Subdivision|Pope's Creek Subdivision]] rail line. Construction of a coal barge unloading pier on the Potomac River began in 2007.