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West Lorain

Natural gas power plant · Lorain County, Ohio

Nameplate capacity
556 MW
Rank in Ohio
#26
of 219 plants
In service since
1973
June 1973

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Vermillion Power LLC
County
Lorain County
Generating units
7
Share of state capacity
1.55%
Rank among natural gas plants in Ohio
#19 of 51
EIA plant code
2869

Generating units

Individual generating units at West Lorain
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine85 MW79 MW2001Operating
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine85 MW80 MW2001Operating
4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine85 MW79 MW2001Operating
5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine85 MW82 MW2001Operating
6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine85 MW80 MW2001Operating
1APetroleum Liquids65 MW50 MW1973Operating
1BPetroleum Liquids65 MW51 MW1973Operating

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 556 MW solar plant and a 556 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