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The '''Chalk Point Generating Station''' is a 2,647-MWe electricity-generating plant owned by Mirant Services LLC which is located at {{coord|38|32|37|N|76|41|19|W|display=inline,title}} near the unincorporated town of [[Eagle Harbor, Maryland]], on the [[Patuxent River]]. <googlemap version="0.9" lat="38.551656" lon="-76.68663" zoom="14" scale="yes" overview="yes"></googlemap>
==Individual Units==
:Oil/gas-fired '''units GT3–GT6''' (launched in 1991) are rated at 103, 103, 125, and 125 MWe respectively.
:A seventh oil/gas-fired combustion turbine, '''unit SGT1''', is rated at 94 MWe (launched in 1990). It is owned by the [[Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative]] (SMECO)]]. This turbine is operated by Mirant under an agreement which expires in 2015.<ref>2006 Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Annual Report, p. 19</ref>
The combined name-plate capacity of all seven combustion turbines is 601 MWe.<ref>{{cite web
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==History==
==Environment==
Chalk Point plant is by far the leading polluter in [[Prince George's County, Maryland]], according to pollution research site Scorecard.org.<ref>{{cite web
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