Nameplate capacity
2,600 MW
Rank in Ohio
#1
of 219 plants
In service since
1974
October 1974
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Gavin Power, LLC
- County
- Gallia County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 7.27%
- Rank among coal plants in Ohio
- #1 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 8102
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 1,300 MW | 1,361 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 1,300 MW | 1,361 MW | 1975 | 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
| Guernsey Power Station | Natural gas | 2,055 MW |
| Cardinal | Coal | 1,880 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 2,600 MW solar plant and a 2,600 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