Mt Storm

Coal power plant · Grant County, West Virginia

Nameplate capacity
1,681 MW
Rank in West Virginia
#3
of 42 plants
In service since
1965
September 1965

Details

Primary fuel
Coal
Technology
Conventional Steam Coal
Operator
Virginia Electric & Power Co
County
Grant County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
10.47%
Rank among coal plants in West Virginia
#3 of 10
EIA plant code
3954

Generating units

Individual generating units at Mt Storm
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Steam Coal570 MW542 MW1965Operating
2Conventional Steam Coal570 MW552 MW1966Operating
3Conventional Steam Coal522 MW520 MW1973Operating
JF1Petroleum Liquids19 MW11 MW1967Operating

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 1,681 MW solar plant and a 1,681 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