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Fremont Energy Center

Natural gas power plant · Sandusky County, Ohio

Nameplate capacity
740 MW
Rank in Ohio
#17
of 219 plants
In service since
2012
January 2012

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
County
Sandusky County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
2.07%
Rank among natural gas plants in Ohio
#11 of 51
EIA plant code
55701

Generating units

Individual generating units at Fremont Energy Center
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CA01Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle359 MW345 MW2012Operating
CT01Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle190 MW170 MW2012Operating
CT02Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle190 MW170 MW2012Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 740 MW solar plant and a 740 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