The turbine hall at Rugeley contains two C. A. Parsons generating sets, each have a capacity of 500 MW. There were two additional Gas Turbine generators capable of generating 25 MW each.
The boiler house at Rugeley B contained boilers and pulverisers supplied by Foster Wheeler John Brown boilers. Coal was delivered via a rail unloader, replacing an older conveyor from Lea Hall Colliery.
Originally fitted with traditional hard-desk control panels, the control room at Rugeley was modernised in 1998-9, replacing the original control panels with APMS.
The admin block was a separate building and also contained the medical facilities, bathhouse and canteen. The workshops were on a single story, located within the southern end of the main power station building.