List of power stations in Ohio

The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2019 the net capacity of all utility and independent power producers in Ohio was 28,464 megawatts.[2]

Figures for May 2020[1]

  Natural Gas (46.58%)

  Coal (28.94%)

  Nuclear (20.54%)

  Nonhydroelectric Renewables (3.63%)

  Petroleum-Fired (0.0%)

  Hydroelectric (0.31%)

Natural Gas

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
Hanging Rock Energy Facility	Hanging Rock	1430	Dynegy	Natural Gas Combined Cycle	[3]
Lordstown Energy Center	Lordstown	940	Clean Energy Future, LLC	Natural Gas Combined Cycle	Opened in 2018, Second Unit Planned[4]
Oregon Clean Energy Center	Oregon	908	Ares Management	Natural Gas Combined Cycle	Opened in 2017
Rolling Hills Generating Station	Wilkesville	865	Rolling Hills Generating LLC	Natural Gas Simple Cycle (5 units)
Waterford Energy Center	Waterford	821	Waterford Power, LLC	Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Carroll County Energy	Carrollton	700	Advanced Power	Natural Gas Combined Cycle	Opened in 2018[5]
Washington Energy Facility	Beverly	620	Dynegy	Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Darby Generating Station	Mount Sterling	480	Darby Power, LLC	Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Middletown Energy Center	Middletown	475	NTE Energy	Natural Gas Combined Cycle	Opened in 2018
West Lorain Plant	Lorain	545	Starwood Energy	Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Robert P Mone Plant	Convoy	510	Buckeye Power	Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Fremont Energy Center	Fremont	707	American Municipal Power	Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Dresden Plant	Dresden	580	American Electric Power	Natural Gas Combined Cycle	Opened in 2012
Madison Peaking Station	Trenton	677	Dynegy	Natural Gas Simple Cycle

Coal

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
Avon Lake Power Station (unit 9)	Avon Lake	680	NRG Energy	Coal (1 unit)	Unit 7 from 1949 era unit shut down
Gavin Power Plant	Cheshire	2640	Gavin Power, LLC	Coal (2 units)	[6]
Eastlake Power Plant	Eastlake	24	FirstEnergy	Coal (unit 6)	Scheduled to close on June 1, 2021
W. H. Sammis Power Plant	Stratton	2233	FirstEnergy	Coal (7 units)	Units 1-4 shut down in May 2020.[7] Units 5-7 are to be closed by June 1, 2022.
Cardinal Power Plant	Brilliant	1800	American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye Power	Coal (3 units)	[8]
William H. Zimmer Power Station	Moscow	1300	Dynegy	Coal (1 unit)	Largest single unit power plant in the United States.[3] Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.[9]
Miami Fort Power Station	North Bend	1020	Dynegy	Coal (2 units)	Older units shut down in 2015. Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.[9][10]
Kyger Creek Power Plant	Cheshire	1086	Ohio Valley Electric Corporation	Coal (5 units)

Nuclear

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
Perry Nuclear Generating Station	North Perry	1231	FirstEnergy	Nuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit)
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station	Oak Harbor	889	FirstEnergy	Nuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)

Wind

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
AMP Wind Farm	Wood County	7.2	American Municipal Power[11]	Wind power
Blue Creek Wind Farm	Paulding and Van Wert Counties	304	Iberdrola Renewables	152 Wind Turbines	Operational.[12]
Timber Road Wind Farm	Paulding County	324.9	EDP Renewables	140 Wind Turbines	Operational.[12]
Hog Creek	Hardin County	66		30 Wind Turbines	Operational.[12]
Northwest Ohio	Paulding County	100		42 Wind Turbines	Operational.[12]
Greenwich	Huron County	60		25 Wind Turbines	Under Construction.[12]
Scioto Ridge	Hardin County & Logan County	249.8		75 Wind Turbines	Under Construction.[12]

Solar

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
Bowling Green Solar Facility	Bowling Green	20	NextEra	Solar photovoltaic (85,680 panels)	[13] Currently the largest solar plant in Ohio.
Napoleon Solar Facility	Napoleon	3.54	American Municipal Power	Solar photovoltaic	[13]
Wadsworth Rittman Rd. Facility	Wadsworth	2.625	American Municipal Power	Solar photovoltaic	[13]
Wadsworth Seville Rd. Facility	Wadsworth	6.25	American Municipal Power	Solar photovoltaic	[13]
Wyandot Solar Facility	Upper Sandusky	12	Public Service Enterprise Group	Solar photovoltaic (160,000 panels)	Opened in 2010
Hardin	Hardin County	150		Solar photovoltaic	Under Construction. [14]
Hardin II	Hardin County	170		Solar photovoltaic	Under Construction. [14]
Hillcrest	Brown County	200		Solar photovoltaic	Under Construction. [14]

Hydroelectricity

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
O'Shaughnessy Dam	Dublin	5.2	City of Columbus	Hydroelectricity	[15]Offline as of August 2018. It is unknown when or if it will be fixed.
Hamilton Hydro	Hamilton	2	City of Hamilton	Hydroelectricity	[15]
Auglaize Hydroelectric Plant	Bryan	4.5	City of Bryan	Hydroelectricity	[15]
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam	Felicity	105	American Municipal Power	Hydroelectricity	[15]Largest hydroelectric plant on the Ohio river and is located on Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The City of Hamilton retains 51.4% of the power generation[16]
Greenup Lock and Dam	Franklin Furnace	70.2	American Municipal Power	Hydroelectricity	[15]
Racine Lock and Dam	Racine	20	AEP	Hydroelectricity	[15]
Belleville Lock and Dam	Reedsville	42	American Municipal Power	Hydroelectricity	[15] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Willow Island Lock and Dam	Newport	44	American Municipal Power	Hydroelectricity	[15] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Hannibal Locks and Dam	Hannibal	19	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro	Hydroelectricity	[15]Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.

Battery Storage

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
Battery Utility of Ohio	Sunbury	4	Battery Utility of Ohio	Battery	[15]
AEP Bluffton NaS	Bluffton	2	Ohio Power Co	Battery	[15]
HMV Minster Energy Storage System	Minster	7	Half Moon Ventures LLC	Battery	[15]
Willey Battery Utility	Hamilton	6	Willey Battery Utility	Battery	[15]
Clinton Battery	Blanchester	10	Clinton Battery Utility	Battery	[15]
Beckjord Power Station	New Richmond	4	Duke Energy	Battery	[15]

Closed plants

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Type	Notes and Links
Ashtabula Power Plant	Ashtabula	244	FirstEnergy	Coal	Closed in 2015[17]
W.C. Beckjord Power Station	New Richmond	1304	Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEP	Coal (6 units)	Closed in 2014[18][19]
R.E. Burger Power Station	Shadyside	568	FirstEnergy	Coal	Closed in 2011
Conesville Power Plant	Conesville	2005	AEP, AES/DPL Inc.	6 units: coal & oil	Units 5-6 shut down in 2019 and Unit 4 closed in 2020.[3]
Eastlake Power Plant	Eastlake	1257	FirstEnergy	Coal (units 1-5) / Natural Gas (unit 6)	Closed in 2015[17]
O.H. Hutchings Station	Miamisburg	414	DPL Inc.	Coal	Closed in 2013[20]
Richard H. Gorsuch Station	Marietta	200	American Municipal Power	Coal	Built by Union Carbide in 1951 as Marietta Steam Plant, sold to American Municipal Power in 1988 and renamed to Richard H. Gorsuch, closed in 2012.
Killen Station	Wrightsville	618	AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy	Coal (1 unit)	Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018.
Lake Shore Power Plant	Cleveland	245	FirstEnergy	Coal	Closed in 2015[17]
Muskingum River Power Plant	Beverly	1375	American Electric Power	Coal (5 units)	Closed in 2015[21]
Philo Power Plant	Philo	510	Ohio Power	Coal	Closed in 1975; Philo Unit 6 was the first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit in the world,[22] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.[23]
Picway Power Plant	Lockbourne	220	AEP	Coal	Closed in 2015
E.M. Poston Power Plant	Nelsonville		AEP	Coal	Closed in 1987
Shelby Municipal Light Plant	Shelby	37	City of Shelby	Coal (4 units)	Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains[24]
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building	Sidney		City of Sidney	Hydroelectric (1 unit)	Began generation in 1900[25]
J.M. Stuart Station	Aberdeen	2318	AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEP	Coal (4 units)	Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018.
Tait Power Station	Dayton	586	DPL Inc.	Natural Gas/Oil	Closed 2013
Tidd Plant	Brilliant	220	Ohio Power	Coal	Retired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years from 1991–1995.
Toronto Power Plant	Toronto		Ohio Edison	Coal	Closed in 1993
Trash Burning Power Plant	Columbus		SWACO	Waste-to-energy	Closed in 1994

See also

• List of power stations in the United States

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