Nameplate capacity
159 MW
Rank in Ohio
#42
of 219 plants
In service since
1965
September 1965
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Luminant Dick's Creek
- County
- Butler County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.45%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Ohio
- #24 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 2831
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 100 MW | 92 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 21 MW | 15 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 21 MW | 15 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 17 MW | 14 MW | 1969 | 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
| FirstEnergy Bay Shore | Other | 187 MW |
| Madison Fields Solar Project, LLC | Solar | 180 MW |
| Hardin Solar Energy II LLC | Solar | 150 MW |
| Hardin Solar Energy LLC | Solar | 150 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 159 MW solar plant and a 159 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