FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station
Coal power plant · Monongalia County, West Virginia
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Monongahela Power Co
- County
- Monongalia County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 7.17%
- Rank among coal plants in West Virginia
- #7 of 10
- EIA plant code
- 3943
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 576 MW | 552 MW | 1967 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 576 MW | 546 MW | 1968 | 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 West Virginia
| Pleasants Power Station | Coal | 1,368 MW |
| Mountaineer | Coal | 1,300 MW |
| Longview Power Plant | Coal | 808 MW |
| Ceredo Generating Station | Natural gas | 519 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 1,152 MW solar plant and a 1,152 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