Power plants in Ohio

205 operating power projects with 35,710 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.

Projects

205

Nameplate capacity

35,710 MW

Counties with a plant

69

Operators

130

Power markets: PJM prices

Capacity by fuel

MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.

Largest power plants in Ohio

Top 50 · All 205 plants
PlantPrimary fuelMWCountyOperator
Gavin Power, LLCCoal2,600GalliaGavin Power, LLC
Guernsey Power StationNatural gas2,055GuernseyGuernsey Power Station LLC
CardinalCoal1,880JeffersonCardinal Operating Company
Hanging Rock Energy FacilityNatural gas1,430LawrenceDynegy Hanging Rock Energy Facility
PerryNuclear1,312LakeEnergy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC
South Field EnergyNatural gas1,210ColumbianaSouth Field Energy, LLC
Miami FortCoal1,181HamiltonLuminant Miami Fort
Kyger CreekCoal1,087GalliaOhio Valley Electric Corp
Oregon Clean Energy CenterNatural gas1,062LucasOregon Clean Energy Center
Rolling Hills GeneratingNatural gas978VintonRolling Hills Generating LLC

Ohio power plants by fuel

Newest plants in Ohio

Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.

Counties with the most capacity

Largest operators in Ohio

Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.

All 205 plants in Ohio, by county

Ashtabula County 2 plants

Auglaize County 3 plants

Brown County 2 plants

Butler County 8 plants

Carroll County 1 plant

Champaign County 1 plant

Clark County 1 plant

Clermont County 2 plants

Clinton County 1 plant

Columbiana County 1 plant

Crawford County 3 plants

Cuyahoga County 10 plants

Defiance County 2 plants

Delaware County 1 plant

Erie County 2 plants

Franklin County 3 plants

Fulton County 1 plant

Gallia County 2 plants

Greene County 1 plant

Guernsey County 1 plant

Hamilton County 4 plants

Hancock County 6 plants

Henry County 4 plants

Highland County 4 plants

Huron County 2 plants

Jefferson County 1 plant

Lake County 2 plants

Lawrence County 1 plant

Licking County 2 plants

Logan County 2 plants

Lorain County 3 plants

Lucas County 7 plants

Madison County 4 plants

Mahoning County 1 plant

Medina County 5 plants

Meigs County 2 plants

Mercer County 1 plant

Miami County 3 plants

Monroe County 1 plant

Montgomery County 5 plants

Muskingum County 1 plant

Ottawa County 2 plants

Paulding County 8 plants

Perry County 1 plant

Pickaway County 3 plants

Portage County 2 plants

Richland County 6 plants

Ross County 5 plants

Sandusky County 5 plants

Scioto County 2 plants

Seneca County 1 plant

Shelby County 3 plants

Stark County 1 plant

Summit County 3 plants

Trumbull County 5 plants

Tuscarawas County 2 plants

Union County 2 plants

Van Wert County 3 plants

Vinton County 1 plant

Warren County 1 plant

Washington County 2 plants

Wayne County 4 plants

Williams County 7 plants

Wood County 8 plants

Wyandot County 3 plants

Questions about power plants in Ohio

How many power plants are in Ohio?

EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 205 operating power projects in Ohio, with 35,710 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.

What is the largest power plant in Ohio?

Gavin Power, LLC in Gallia County, with 2,600 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Guernsey Power Station, with 2,055 MW.

How much of Ohio's capacity is coal?

6,787 MW, about 19% of nameplate capacity. 7 projects have coal as their primary fuel.

Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources