Robert P Mone Plant
Natural gas power plant · Van Wert County, Ohio
Nameplate capacity
597 MW
Rank in Ohio
#22
of 219 plants
In service since
2002
July 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Buckeye Power, Inc
- County
- Van Wert County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.67%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Ohio
- #16 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 7872
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 199 MW | 147 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 199 MW | 147 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 199 MW | 147 MW | 2002 | Operating |
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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| Tait Electric Generating Station | Natural gas | 681 MW |
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| Fox Squirrel Solar | Solar | 577 MW |
| Woodsdale | Natural gas | 572 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 597 MW solar plant and a 597 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