Nameplate capacity
1,880 MW
Rank in Ohio
#3
of 219 plants
In service since
1967
February 1967
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Cardinal Operating Company
- County
- Jefferson County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 5.26%
- Rank among coal plants in Ohio
- #2 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 2828
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 650 MW | 620 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 615 MW | 585 MW | 1967 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 615 MW | 585 MW | 1967 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Ohio
| Gavin Power, LLC | Coal | 2,600 MW |
| Guernsey Power Station | Natural gas | 2,055 MW |
| Hanging Rock Energy Facility | Natural gas | 1,430 MW |
| Perry | Nuclear | 1,312 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1,880 MW solar plant and a 1,880 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Ohio power plants · What Ohio actually generates