Gauley River Power Partners
Hydro power plant · Nicholas County, West Virginia
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Central Rivers Power WV, LLC
- County
- Nicholas County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.50%
- Rank among hydro plants in West Virginia
- #2 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 56333
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 40 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 40 MW | 2001 | 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
| Blake Solar Plant | Solar | 96 MW |
| Grant Town Power Plant | Coal | 96 MW |
| Morgantown Energy Facility | Coal | 69 MW |
| Mountaineer Wind Energy Center | Wind | 66 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 80 MW solar plant and a 80 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