Nameplate capacity
19 MW
Rank in Ohio
#96
of 219 plants
In service since
1948
January 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Oberlin - (OH)
- County
- Lorain County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Ohio
- #39 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 2933
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2A | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.1 MW | 3.1 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 3A | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.1 MW | 3.1 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.7 MW | 2.7 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| IC4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.1 MW | 2.1 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.0 MW | 1948 | Operating |
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1990 | 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
| CZ Solar Warren, LLC | Solar | 20 MW |
| Stryker | Other | 19 MW |
| Hamilton (OH) | Natural gas | 16 MW |
| Collinwood | Other | 16 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 19 MW solar plant and a 19 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