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Belleville Dam

Hydro power plant · Wood County, West Virginia

Nameplate capacity
42 MW
Rank in West Virginia
#28
of 42 plants
In service since
1999
June 1999

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
County
Wood County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.26%
Rank among hydro plants in West Virginia
#4 of 12
EIA plant code
7594

Generating units

Individual generating units at Belleville Dam
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric21 MW21 MW1999Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric21 MW21 MW1999Operating

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 42 MW solar plant and a 42 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 West Virginia power plants · What West Virginia actually generates