This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Ohio had a total summer capacity of 30.5 GW and a net generation of 142,746 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 54.7% natural gas, 24.3% coal, 11.6% nuclear, 5.4% solar, 2% wind, 0.9% petroleum and petroleum coke, 0.6% other gases, 0.3% hydroelectric, and 0.2% biomass.
Natural gas Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and linksGuernsey Power StationByesville1875Caithness EnergyNatural gas combined cycleOpened in 2023Hanging Rock Energy Facility Hanging Rock 1430 Dynegy Natural gas combined cycle Lordstown Energy CenterLordstown 940 Clean Energy Future, LLC Natural gas combined cycle Opened in 2018, second unit plannedOregon Clean Energy CenterOregon908Ares ManagementNatural gas combined cycleOpened in 2017Rolling Hills Generating StationWilkesville865Rolling Hills Generating LLC Natural gas simple cycle (5 units) Tait Electric Generating StationMoraine681 Kimura Power, LLC Natural gas combined cycle Opened in 1967Waterford Energy CenterWaterford821 Waterford Power, LLC Natural gas combined cycle Carroll County EnergyCarrollton700Advanced PowerNatural Gas combined cycleOpened in 2018Washington Energy FacilityBeverly620Dynegy Natural gas combined cycleDarby Generating StationMount Sterling480Darby Power, LLC Natural gas simple cycleMiddletown Energy CenterMiddletown475NTE EnergyNatural gas combined cycleOpened in 2018West Lorain PlantLorain545Starwood Energy Natural gas simple cycleRobert P Mone PlantConvoy510Buckeye Power Natural gas simple cycleFremont Energy CenterFremont707American Municipal Power Natural gas combined cycleDresden PlantDresden580American Electric PowerNatural gas combined cycleOpened in 2012Madison Peaking StationTrenton677Duke EnergyNatural gas simple cycleLong Ridge Energy TerminalHannibal485Long Ridge EnergyHydrogen - natural gas blendOpened in 2021
Coal Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and linksBay ShoreOregon150Walleye Energy LLCPetroleum coke (1 unit)Opened in 1955.Cardinal Power Plant Brilliant 1800 Buckeye Power Coal (3 units) Unit 3 to be shut down in 2028, lowering generation capacity to 1180MW.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 Cheshire1086 Ohio Valley Electric CorporationCoal (5 units) Subsidized by the controversial HB6 Bill until 2030 Miami Fort Power Station North Bend 1020 Vistra CorpCoal (2 units)Older units shut down in 2015. Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.Toledo Refining Power RecoveryOregon6.0Toledo Refining Co.Petroleum coke (1 unit)Opened in 1986.
Nuclear Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and links Perry Nuclear Generating StationNorth Perry 1231 Energy Harbor Nuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit) Davis–Besse Nuclear Power StationOak Harbor960Energy HarborNuclear pressurized water reactor (1 unit)
Wind
Name Location Capacity (MW) Turbines Owner Notes and linksAMP Wind FarmWood County 7.2American Municipal Power Blue Creek Wind FarmPaulding and Van Wert Counties304160Iberdrola RenewablesOperational. Timber Road Wind FarmPaulding County362.7158EDP RenewablesOperational. Hog CreekHardin County6630Operational. Northwest OhioPaulding County10042Operational. Scioto RidgeHardin County & Logan County249.875 InnogyOperational. IcebreakerCuyahoga County20.76Approved for construction. Emerson CreekHardin County & Erie County297.771Approved for construction. Grover HillPaulding County15023Approved for construction.
Solar
Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Notes and linksBowling Green Solar FacilityBowling Green20NextEraNapoleon Solar FacilityNapoleon3.54American Municipal PowerWadsworth Rittman Rd. FacilityWadsworth2.625American Municipal PowerWadsworth Seville Rd. FacilityWadsworth6.25American Municipal PowerWyandot Solar FacilityUpper Sandusky12Public Service Enterprise GroupOpened in 2010.Hardin IHardin County150Operational.HillcrestBrown County200Operational.New MarketHighland County100Operational.Hardin IIHardin County170 Operational.YellowbudPickaway & Ross County274Operational.Madison FieldsMadison County180Operational.Willowbrook IBrown County150Operational.NestlewoodBrown County80Operational.Big PlainMadison County196Operational.ArcheFulton County107Operational.Hardin IIIHardin County300Operational.AEUG UnionUnion County325Operational.HighlandHighland County300Operational.Fox SquirrelMadison County577Operational.Atlanta FarmsPickaway County200Operational.VintonVinton County125Approved for construction.AlamoPreble County69.9Approved for construction.AngelinaPreble County80Approved for construction.Powell CreekPutnam County150Operational.WheatsboroughErie County125Under construction.Mark CenterDefiance County110Approved for construction.ClearviewChampaign County144Operational.Ross CountyRoss County120Operational.CadenceUnion County275Under construction.JulietWood County101Under construction.Sycamore CreekCrawford County117Under construction.Marion CountyMarion County100Under construction.Union RidgeLicking County107.7Approved for construction.TymochteeWyandot County120Approved for construction.Nottingham Harrison County100Approved for construction.Wild GrainsVan Wert County150Approved for construction.Dodson CreekHighland County117Under construction.Pleasant Prairie Franklin County250Approved for construction.HarveyLicking County350Approved for construction.SpringwaterFranklin and Madison County155Approved for construction.Border BasinHancock County120Approved for construction.South BranchHancock County130Approved for construction.Palomino Hancock County200Approved for construction.BlossomMorrow and Marion County144Approved for construction.Yellow WoodClinton County300Approved for construction.Dixon RunJackson County140Approved for construction.Oak RunMadison County800Approved for construction.Fountain PointLogan County280Approved for construction.MinkDefiance & Paulding County140Approved for construction.Clear MountainClermont County152.2Approved for construction.
Hydroelectricity
Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Notes and linksO'Shaughnessy DamDublin5.2City of Columbus Offline as of August 2018. It is unknown when or if it will be fixed. Hamilton HydroHamilton2City of HamiltonAuglaize Hydroelectric PlantBryan4.5City of BryanCaptain Anthony Meldahl Locks and DamFelicity105American Municipal Power Largest hydroelectric plant on the Ohio River. Located on the Kentucky side of the river. The City of Hamilton retains 51.4% of the power generation.Greenup Lock and DamFranklin Furnace70.2American Municipal Power Racine Lock and DamRacine20AEPBelleville Lock and DamReedsville42American Municipal Power Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.Willow Island Lock and DamNewport44American Municipal Power Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.Hannibal Locks and DamHannibal19New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Battery storage Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Notes and linksBattery Utility of OhioSunbury4Battery Utility of OhioAEP Bluffton NaSBluffton2Ohio Power CoHMV Minster Energy Storage SystemMinster7Half Moon Ventures LLCWilley Battery UtilityHamilton6Willey Battery UtilityClinton BatteryBlanchester10Clinton Battery UtilityBeckjord Power StationNew Richmond4Duke 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 StationShadyside568FirstEnergyCoalClosed 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 PlantEastlake1257FirstEnergy 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 StationMiamisburg414DPL Inc.CoalClosed in 2013 Richard H. Gorsuch Station Marietta200American Municipal PowerCoalBuilt 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 Wrightsville618AES/DPL Inc., DynegyCoal (1 unit)Sold to AES 2012. Closed in 2018. Lake Shore Power PlantCleveland245FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2015 and demolished in 2017. Muskingum River Power PlantBeverly1375American Electric Power Coal (5 units) Closed in 2015 Philo Power PlantPhilo510Ohio PowerCoalClosed 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 PlantLockbourne220AEPCoalClosed in 2015 E.M. Poston Power PlantNelsonvilleAEPCoalClosed in 1987Shelby Municipal Light PlantShelby37City of ShelbyCoal (4 units)Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light BuildingSidneyCity of SidneyHydroelectric (1 unit)Began generation in 1900Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1275. J.M. Stuart Station Aberdeen 2318 AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEP Coal (4 units) Sold to AES 2012 Closed in 2018. Tidd PlantBrilliant220Ohio PowerCoalRetired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years, 1991–1995. Toronto Power PlantTorontoOhio EdisonCoalClosed in 1993 Trash Burning Power PlantColumbusSWACOWaste-to-energyClosed in 1994Avon Lake Power StationAvon Lake680NRG EnergyCoalBuilt in 1925–1926; closed in 2021; imploded in 2024William H. Zimmer Power Station Moscow 1300 Vistra Corp CoalClosed in May 2022.W. H. Sammis Power PlantStratton, Ohio2,233FirstEnergyCoalClosed May 3, 2023
See also
List of power stations in the United States
References