WV · State grid profile

West Virginia power grid

West Virginia's operating portfolio is led by Coal, followed by Oil & gas. Its 49 plants represent 15,879 MW of nameplate capacity. The dataset also reports 846 MW of proposed capacity.

Final 2024 state totalsPreliminary 2025 facilitiesCommunity-reported data centers
Operating capacity15,879 MWFinal EIA-860 2024
Power plants4991 operating generators
Proposed capacity846 MW5.3% of current capacity
Community-mapped locations2Incomplete OpenStreetMap coverage

Coverage quality

What is complete here?

PassState totalsFinal 2024 EIA-860 generator records cover the state.
PassFacility list2025 Early Release records are nationwide but preliminary.
LimitedData centersCommunity mapping is useful for discovery, not a complete inventory.

Generation portfolio

West Virginia capacity by fuel

Nameplate capacity · MW
Coal82.3%13,072 MW
Oil & gas8.7%1,389 MW
Wind5.4%856 MW
Hydro2.3%371 MW
Solar0.9%140 MW
Storage0.3%48 MW
Biomass0%3 MW

Facility intelligence

Largest West Virginia power plants

EIA-860 2025 early release facility records
PlantPrimary fuelLocationUtilityOperating capacity
John E AmosPlant 3935CoalSt Albans, WVPutnam CountyAppalachian Power Co2,933 MW
FirstEnergy Harrison Power StationPlant 3944CoalHaywood, WVHarrison CountyMonongahela Power Co2,052 MW
Mt StormPlant 3954CoalMount Storm, WVGrant CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co1,681 MW
Mitchell (WV)Plant 3948CoalCaptina, WVMarshall CountyKentucky Power Co1,633 MW
Pleasants Power StationPlant 6004CoalWillow Island, WVPleasants CountyOmnis Pleasants, LLC1,368 MW
MountaineerPlant 6264CoalNew Haven, WVMason CountyAppalachian Power Co1,300 MW
FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power StationPlant 3943CoalMaidsville, WVMonongalia CountyMonongahela Power Co1,152 MW
Longview Power PlantPlant 56671CoalMaidsville, WVMonongalia CountyLongview Power, LLC808 MW
Ceredo Generating StationPlant 55276Oil & gasHuntington, WVWayne CountyAppalachian Power Co519 MW
Pleasants Energy LLCPlant 55349Oil & gasSt Mary's, WVPleasants CountyPleasants Energy LLC383 MW

Methodology

Transparent by design

State totals and fuel mix use finalized EIA-860 2024 generator data. The facility table uses the EIA-860 2025 Early Release and is preliminary. Data-center counts use OpenStreetMap community records and measure mapped coverage, not the full market.

EIA-860 sourceOpenStreetMap