Richland (OH)
Natural gas power plant · Defiance County, Ohio
Nameplate capacity
450 MW
Rank in Ohio
#29
of 219 plants
In service since
1965
December 1965
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Richland-Stryker Generation LLC
- County
- Defiance County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 1.26%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Ohio
- #22 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 2880
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 135 MW | 112 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 135 MW | 112 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 135 MW | 112 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 15 MW | 11 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 15 MW | 11 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 15 MW | 11 MW | 1966 | 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
| Middletown Energy Center | Natural gas | 544 MW |
| Long Ridge Energy Generation | Natural gas | 522 MW |
| AEUG Union Solar, LLC | Solar | 325 MW |
| Blue Creek Wind Project | Wind | 302 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 450 MW solar plant and a 450 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