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Sources of Ohio utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2022      Natural Gas (50.7%)     Coal (31.8%)     Nuclear (12.4%)     Wind (2.3%)     Petroleum (0.8%)     Solar (0.7%)     Biomass (0.4%)     Hydroelectric (0.4%)     Other (0.5%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Ohio had a total summer capacity of 29,283 MW and a net generation of 125,948 GWh. The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 50.7% natural gas, 31.8% coal, 12.4% nuclear, 2.3% wind, 0.4% biomass, 0.4% hydroelectric, 0.7% solar, and 0.8% petroleum and petroleum coke.

Natural gas

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Guernsey Power Station Byesville 1875 Caithness Energy Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2023
Hanging Rock Energy Facility Hanging Rock 1430 Dynegy Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Lordstown Energy Center Lordstown 940 Clean Energy Future, LLC Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2018, Second Unit Planned
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
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 Duke Energy Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Long Ridge Energy Terminal Hannibal 485 Long Ridge Energy Hydrogen - Natural Gas Blend Opened in 2021

Coal

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Bay Shore Oregon 150 Walleye Energy LLC Petroleum Coke (1 unit) Opened in 1955.
Cardinal Power Plant Brilliant 1800 American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye Power Coal (3 units) To be converted to natural gas by 2030.
Gavin Power Plant Cheshire 2640 Gavin Power, LLC Coal (2 units) Only runs 60% of the time. Up to 50% of Gavin’s cash flow comes from being on standby for emergency power
Kyger Creek Power Plant Cheshire 1086 Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Coal (5 units) Subsidized by the controversial HB6 Bill until 2030
Miami Fort Power Station North Bend 1020 Vistra Corp Coal (2 units) Older units shut down in 2015. Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.
Toledo Refining Power Recovery Oregon 6.0 Toledo Refining Co. Petroleum Coke (1 unit) Opened in 1986.

Nuclear

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Perry Nuclear Generating Station North Perry 1231 Energy Harbor Nuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit)
Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station Oak Harbor 960 Energy Harbor Nuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)

Wind

See also: Wind power in Ohio
Name Location Capacity (MW) Turbines Owner Notes and Links
AMP Wind Farm Wood County 7.2 American Municipal Power
Blue Creek Wind Farm Paulding and Van Wert Counties 304 160 Iberdrola Renewables Operational.
Timber Road Wind Farm Paulding County 362.7 158 EDP Renewables Operational.
Hog Creek Hardin County 66 30 Operational.
Northwest Ohio Paulding County 100 42 Operational.
Scioto Ridge Hardin County & Logan County 249.8 75 Innogy Operational.
Icebreaker Cuyahoga County 20.7 6 Approved for Construction.
Emerson Creek Hardin County & Erie County 297.7 71 Approved for Construction.

Solar

See also: Solar power in Ohio
Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Notes and Links
Bowling Green Solar Facility Bowling Green 20 NextEra
Napoleon Solar Facility Napoleon 3.54 American Municipal Power
Wadsworth Rittman Rd. Facility Wadsworth 2.625 American Municipal Power
Wadsworth Seville Rd. Facility Wadsworth 6.25 American Municipal Power
Wyandot Solar Facility Upper Sandusky 12 Public Service Enterprise Group Opened in 2010.
Hardin I Hardin County 150 Operational.
Hillcrest Brown County 200 Operational.
New Market Highland County 100 Operational.
Hardin II Hardin County 170 Under Construction.
Yellowbud Pickaway & Ross County 274 Operational.
Madison Fields Madison County 180 Operational.
Willowbrook I Brown County 150 Under Construction.
Nestlewood Brown County 80 Under Construction.
Big Plain Madison County 196 Under Construction.
Arche Fulton County 107 Under Construction.
Hardin III Hardin County 300 Under Construction.
AEUG Union Union County 325 Under Construction.
Highland Highland County 300 Under Construction.
Fox Squirrel Madison County 577 Under Construction.
Operational in Q4 2024.
Atlanta Farms Pickaway County 200 Approved for Construction.
Vinton Vinton County 125 Approved for Construction.
Alamo Preble County 69.9 Approved for Construction.
Angelina Preble County 80 Approved for Construction.
Powell Creek Putnam County 150 Approved for Construction.
Wheatsborough Erie County 125 Under Construction.
Mark Center Defiance County 110 Approved for Construction.
Clearview Champaign County 144 Approved for Construction.
Ross County Ross County 120 Under Construction.
Cadence Union County 275 Approved for Construction.
Juliet Wood County 101 Approved for Construction.
Sycamore Creek Crawford County 117 Approved for Construction.
Marion County Marion County 100 Approved for Construction.
Union Ridge Licking County 107.7 Approved for Construction.
Tymochtee Wyandot County 120 Approved for Construction.
Nottingham Harrison County 100 Approved for Construction.
Wild Grains Van Wert County 150 Approved for Construction.
Dodson Creek Highland County 117 Approved for Construction.
Pleasant Prairie Franklin County 250 Approved for Construction.
Harvey Licking County 350 Approved for Construction.
Springwater Franklin and Madison County 155 Approved for Construction.
Border Basin Hancock County 120 Approved for Construction.
South Branch Hancock County 130 Approved for Construction.
Palomino Hancock County 200 Approved for Construction.
Blossom Morrow and Marion County 144 Approved for Construction.
Yellow Wood Clinton County 300 Approved for Construction.
Dixon Run Jackson County 140 Approved for Construction.
Oak Run Madison County 800 Approved for Construction.

Hydroelectricity

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Ohio
Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Notes and Links
O'Shaughnessy Dam Dublin 5.2 City of Columbus Offline as of August 2018. It is unknown when or if it will be fixed.
Hamilton Hydro Hamilton 2 City of Hamilton
Auglaize Hydroelectric Plant Bryan 4.5 City of Bryan
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Felicity 105 American Municipal Power 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
Greenup Lock and Dam Franklin Furnace 70.2 American Municipal Power
Racine Lock and Dam Racine 20 AEP
Belleville Lock and Dam Reedsville 42 American Municipal Power Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Willow Island Lock and Dam Newport 44 American Municipal Power Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Hannibal Locks and Dam Hannibal 19 New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.

Battery storage

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

Closed plants

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Ashtabula Power Plant Ashtabula 244 FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2015
W.C. Beckjord Power Station New Richmond 1304 Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEP Coal (6 units) Closed in 2014
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.
Eastlake Power Plant Eastlake 1257 FirstEnergy Coal (units 1-5) / Natural Gas (unit 6) Units 4-5 closed 2012, Units 1-3 closed in 2015, Unit 6 closed 2021.
O.H. Hutchings Station Miamisburg 414 DPL Inc. Coal Closed in 2013
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 Closed in 2018.
Lake Shore Power Plant Cleveland 245 FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2015and demolished in 2017.
Muskingum River Power Plant Beverly 1375 American Electric Power Coal (5 units) Closed in 2015
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, and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.
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
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Sidney City of Sidney Hydroelectric (1 unit) Began generation in 1900
J.M. Stuart Station Aberdeen 2318 AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEP Coal (4 units) Sold to AES 2012 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
Avon Lake Power Station Avon Lake 680 NRG Energy Coal Closed in 2022.
William H. Zimmer Power Station Moscow 1300 Vistra Corp Coal Closed in May 2022.
W. H. Sammis Power Plant Stratton, Ohio 2,233 FirstEnergy Coal Closed May 3, 2023

See also

  • List of power stations in the United States
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