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US power plants by state

14,225 operating power projects with 1,391,330 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026. Each project has its own page with generation, prices, emissions and water data.

US rankings

Largest power plants in the US100 plants · 242,483 MW Largest solar farms in the US100 plants · 33,836 MW Largest wind farms in the US100 plants · 41,918 MW Largest battery storage projects in the US100 projects · 25,097 MW Largest natural gas power plants in the US100 plants · 159,752 MW Largest coal power plants in the US100 plants · 151,335 MW Largest nuclear power plants in the US54 plants · 101,906 MW Largest hydroelectric power plants in the US100 plants · 49,989 MW Largest power plants by 2025 net generation100 plants · 219,984 MW

States

Alabama80 plants · 33,078 MW Alaska140 plants · 2,424 MW Arizona198 plants · 44,502 MW Arkansas120 plants · 18,595 MW California1,838 plants · 107,415 MW Colorado325 plants · 23,381 MW Connecticut181 plants · 10,177 MW Delaware41 plants · 2,864 MW District of Columbia21 plants · 72 MW Florida341 plants · 80,132 MW Georgia251 plants · 43,018 MW Hawaii73 plants · 3,652 MW Idaho152 plants · 6,594 MW Illinois626 plants · 52,000 MW Indiana220 plants · 34,323 MW Iowa265 plants · 24,565 MW Kansas183 plants · 20,968 MW Kentucky64 plants · 21,986 MW Louisiana94 plants · 28,260 MW Maine270 plants · 6,021 MW Maryland249 plants · 13,589 MW Massachusetts682 plants · 13,897 MW Michigan276 plants · 34,457 MW Minnesota786 plants · 19,790 MW Mississippi62 plants · 18,102 MW Missouri125 plants · 23,503 MW Montana72 plants · 7,522 MW Nebraska134 plants · 12,065 MW Nevada116 plants · 18,957 MW New Hampshire59 plants · 4,232 MW New Jersey427 plants · 17,865 MW New Mexico170 plants · 18,055 MW New York1,098 plants · 43,217 MW North Carolina914 plants · 38,839 MW North Dakota56 plants · 11,142 MW Ohio205 plants · 35,710 MW Oklahoma148 plants · 36,524 MW Oregon292 plants · 17,376 MW Pennsylvania268 plants · 51,602 MW Puerto Rico54 plants · 6,365 MW Rhode Island111 plants · 2,568 MW South Carolina212 plants · 27,213 MW South Dakota48 plants · 7,580 MW Tennessee107 plants · 23,758 MW Texas1,074 plants · 201,233 MW Utah126 plants · 12,258 MW Vermont117 plants · 897 MW Virginia246 plants · 31,093 MW Washington128 plants · 29,661 MW West Virginia41 plants · 15,984 MW Wisconsin271 plants · 19,533 MW Wyoming68 plants · 12,716 MW

Largest power plants in the US

Plant	Primary fuel	MW	State
Grand Coulee	Hydro	6,809	Washington
Vogtle	Nuclear	4,658	Georgia
West County Energy Center	Natural gas	4,263	Florida
Palo Verde	Nuclear	4,210	Arizona
W A Parish	Coal and natural gas	4,008	Texas
Browns Ferry	Nuclear	3,854	Alabama
Bowen	Coal	3,499	Georgia
Crystal River	Natural gas and coal	3,449	Florida
Barry	Natural gas and coal	3,343	Alabama
Gibson	Coal	3,340	Indiana

Source: EIA-860M August 2026. Page updated 2026-10-04.