Power plants in West Virginia

West Virginia has 42 power plants of 1 MW or more in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 16.1 GW of nameplate capacity, the 32nd-largest total among the 50 states and DC. Coal accounts for 81% of that capacity. The biggest single site is John E Amos at 2,933 MW. Units that came online from 2020 to 2025 add 510 MW, led by solar at 51%. Units retired since 2016 at plants still operating total 23.5 MW, most of it battery storage.

Coal13,072 MW81%
Natural gas1,371 MW8.5%
Wind856 MW5.3%
Hydroelectric371 MW2.3%
Solar259 MW1.6%
Battery storage110 MW0.7%
Oil and petroleum18.5 MW0.1%
Biomass and waste3.2 MW0.0%

What is running, by the decade it came online

CoalNatural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricWindSolarBattery storageBiomass and waste

Columns above the line show capacity still operating in 2025, stacked by fuel. Below the line: capacity retired in each decade at plants that still operate.

The 25 largest plants

Rank	Plant	Runs on	Capacity	First unit	Operator
1	John E Amos	Coal	2,933 MW	1971	Appalachian Power Co
2	FirstEnergy Harrison Power Station	Coal	2,052 MW	1972	Monongahela Power Co
3	Mt Storm	Coal	1,681 MW	1965	Virginia Electric & Power Co
4	Mitchell (WV)	Coal	1,633 MW	1971	Kentucky Power Co
5	Pleasants Power Station	Coal	1,368 MW	1979	Omnis Pleasants, LLC
6	Mountaineer	Coal	1,300 MW	1980	Appalachian Power Co
7	FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station	Coal	1,152 MW	1967	Monongahela Power Co
8	Longview Power Plant	Coal	808 MW	2011	Longview Power, LLC
9	Ceredo Generating Station	Natural gas	519 MW	2001	Appalachian Power Co
10	Pleasants Energy LLC	Natural gas	383 MW	2002	Pleasants Energy LLC
11	Big Sandy Peaker Plant	Natural gas	353 MW	2001	Middle River Power II, LLC
12	NedPower Mount Storm	Wind	264 MW	2008	Clearway Energy Operating LLC
13	BHER Ravenswood Solar 1	Solar	192 MW	2025	BHER Ravenswood Solar 1, LLC
14	Axiall Natrium Plant	Natural gas	116 MW	1943	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
15	Black Rock Wind	Wind	115 MW	2022	Black Rock Wind Force, LLC
16	New Creek Wind	Wind	103 MW	2016	New Creek Wind, LLC
17	Hawks Nest Hydro	Hydroelectric	102 MW	1936	Hawks Nest Hydro LLC
18	Beech Ridge Energy LLC	Wind	100 MW	2010	Invenergy Services LLC
19	Laurel Mountain Hybrid	Wind	97.6 MW	2011	AES Distributed Energy
20	Blake Solar Plant	Solar	96 MW	2024	Horus West Virginia 1, LLC
21	Grant Town Power Plant	Coal	95.7 MW	1992	American Bituminous Power LP
22	Gauley River Power Partners	Hydroelectric	80 MW	2001	Central Rivers Power WV, LLC
23	Morgantown Energy Facility	Coal	68.9 MW	1991	Morgantown Energy Associates
24	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center	Wind	66 MW	2002	Sequitur Renewables, LLC
25	Beech Ridge II Wind Energy Center	Wind	56.2 MW	2020	Southern Power Co

All 42 plants in the finder

Largest plant for each main fuel

Main fuel	Plants	Capacity	Largest plant	Its capacity
Coal	10	13.1 GW	John E Amos	2,933 MW
Natural gas	4	1,371 MW	Ceredo Generating Station	519 MW
Wind	8	856 MW	NedPower Mount Storm	264 MW
Hydroelectric	12	371 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro	102 MW
Solar	6	338 MW	BHER Ravenswood Solar 1	192 MW
Battery storage	1	31.5 MW	Beech Ridge Energy Storage	31.5 MW
Biomass and waste	1	3.2 MW	New River Clean Energy	3.2 MW

Balancing areas

Area	Plants	Capacity
PJM Interconnection	42	16.1 GW

Biggest operators here

Operator	Plants	Capacity
Appalachian Power Co	6	4,805 MW
Monongahela Power Co	5	3,234 MW
Virginia Electric & Power Co	1	1,681 MW
Kentucky Power Co	1	1,633 MW
Omnis Pleasants, LLC	1	1,368 MW
Longview Power, LLC	1	808 MW
Pleasants Energy LLC	1	383 MW
Middle River Power II, LLC	1	353 MW
Clearway Energy Operating LLC	1	264 MW
BHER Ravenswood Solar 1, LLC	1	192 MW