Longview Power Plant
Coal power plant · Monongalia County, West Virginia
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Longview Power, LLC
- County
- Monongalia County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 5.03%
- Rank among coal plants in West Virginia
- #8 of 10
- EIA plant code
- 56671
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKA01 | Conventional Steam Coal | 808 MW | 710 MW | 2011 | 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
| Mountaineer | Coal | 1,300 MW |
| FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station | Coal | 1,152 MW |
| Ceredo Generating Station | Natural gas | 519 MW |
| Pleasants Energy LLC | Natural gas | 383 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 808 MW solar plant and a 808 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