Home › Coal Power Plants in America Coal Power Plants in America The United States operates 322 coal power plants with a combined nameplate capacity of 207,315 MW .
Coal plants burn pulverized coal to boil water and spin steam turbines. They emit substantial CO₂, SO₂, and NOₓ along with mercury and particulate matter. Modern units include scrubbers and selective catalytic reduction; older units are increasingly being retired or converted to natural gas as economics shift.
The table below lists the 100 largest coal plants ranked by capacity. For the complete fuel-type breakdown, visit the Coal fuel page . To find coal plants near your address, try Coal power plants near me .
# Plant State Fuel Capacity 1 W A Parish Texas Coal 4,008 MW 2 Bowen Georgia Coal 3,499 MW 3 Gibson Indiana Coal 3,340 MW 4 Monroe (Mi) Michigan Coal 3,293 MW 5 John E Amos West Virginia Coal 2,933 MW 6 James H Miller Jr Alabama Coal 2,822 MW 7 Scherer Georgia Coal 2,673 MW 8 Seminole (Fl) Florida Coal 2,612 MW 9 Cumberland (Tn) Tennessee Coal 2,600 MW 10 Rockport Indiana Coal 2,600 MW 11 Gavin Power, Llc Ohio Coal 2,600 MW 12 Trimble County Kentucky Coal 2,594 MW 13 Roxboro North Carolina Coal 2,558 MW 14 Sherburne County Minnesota Coal 2,469 MW 15 Cross South Carolina Coal 2,390 MW 16 Labadie Missouri Coal 2,389 MW 17 Martin Lake Texas Coal 2,380 MW 18 Jim Bridger Wyoming Coal 2,326 MW 19 Ghent Kentucky Coal 2,226 MW 20 Jeffrey Energy Center Kansas Coal 2,160 MW 21 Marshall (Nc) North Carolina Coal 2,119 MW 22 Firstenergy Harrison Power Station West Virginia Coal 2,052 MW 23 E C Gaston Alabama Coal 2,034 MW 24 Homer City Generating Station Pennsylvania Coal 2,012 MW 25 Conemaugh Pennsylvania Coal 1,963 MW 26 Dan E Karn Michigan Coal 1,946 MW 27 Gallatin (Tn) Tennessee Coal 1,918 MW 28 Big Cajun 2 Louisiana Coal 1,903 MW 29 Keystone Pennsylvania Coal 1,883 MW 30 Cardinal Ohio Coal 1,880 MW 31 Aes Petersburg Indiana Coal 1,873 MW 32 Laramie River Station Wyoming Coal 1,863 MW 33 Limestone Texas Coal 1,850 MW 34 White Bluff Arkansas Coal 1,800 MW 35 Independence Steam Electric Station Arkansas Coal 1,800 MW 36 Oak Grove (Tx) Texas Coal 1,795 MW 37 Powerton Illinois Coal 1,786 MW 38 Springerville Arizona Coal 1,779 MW 39 Prairie State Generating Station Illinois Coal 1,766 MW 40 Iatan Missouri Coal 1,754 MW 41 Mill Creek (Ky) Kentucky Coal 1,717 MW 42 Brame Energy Center Louisiana Coal 1,707 MW 43 Kingston Tennessee Coal 1,700 MW 44 Fayette Power Project Texas Coal 1,690 MW 45 Mt Storm West Virginia Coal 1,681 MW 46 Belle River Michigan Coal 1,664 MW 47 Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Iowa Coal 1,648 MW 48 Colstrip Montana Coal 1,647 MW 49 Intermountain Power Project Utah Coal 1,640 MW 50 Four Corners New Mexico Coal 1,636 MW 51 Mitchell (Wv) West Virginia Coal 1,633 MW 52 H L Spurlock Kentucky Coal 1,609 MW 53 La Cygne Kansas Coal 1,599 MW 54 Shawnee Kentucky Coal 1,575 MW 55 J H Campbell Michigan Coal 1,561 MW 56 J K Spruce Texas Coal 1,489 MW 57 Hunter Utah Coal 1,472 MW 58 E W Brown Kentucky Coal 1,458 MW 59 Craig (Co) Colorado Coal 1,428 MW 60 Elm Road Generating Station Wisconsin Coal 1,403 MW 61 Nebraska City Nebraska Coal 1,390 MW 62 Brandon Shores Maryland Coal 1,370 MW 63 Pleasants Power Station West Virginia Coal 1,368 MW 64 Gerald Gentleman Nebraska Coal 1,363 MW 65 Kincaid Generation Llc Illinois Coal 1,319 MW 66 Clifty Creek Indiana Coal 1,304 MW 67 New Madrid Missouri Coal 1,300 MW 68 Mountaineer West Virginia Coal 1,300 MW 69 Stanton Energy Center Florida Coal 1,262 MW 70 Winyah South Carolina Coal 1,260 MW 71 Baldwin Energy Complex Illinois Coal 1,260 MW 72 Comanche (Co) Colorado Coal 1,253 MW 73 Rush Island Missouri Coal 1,242 MW 74 South Oak Creek Wisconsin Coal 1,240 MW 75 Coal Creek North Dakota Coal 1,216 MW 76 Cayuga Indiana Coal 1,185 MW 77 Thomas Hill Missouri Coal 1,182 MW 78 Miami Fort Ohio Coal 1,181 MW 79 Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station West Virginia Coal 1,152 MW 80 Sooner Oklahoma Coal 1,138 MW 81 Tolk Texas Coal 1,136 MW 82 Welsh Texas Coal 1,116 MW 83 Columbia (Wi) Wisconsin Coal 1,112 MW 84 R M Schahfer Indiana Coal 1,105 MW 85 Weston Wisconsin Coal 1,103 MW 86 Sioux Missouri Coal 1,099 MW 87 Kyger Creek Ohio Coal 1,087 MW 88 Harrington Texas Coal 1,080 MW 89 Merom Indiana Coal 1,080 MW 90 Hawthorn Missouri Coal 1,046 MW 91 Huntington Utah Coal 1,016 MW 92 Sandy Creek Energy Station Texas Coal 1,008 MW 93 Antelope Valley North Dakota Coal 954 MW 94 Bull Run Tennessee Coal 950 MW 95 J T Deely Texas Coal 932 MW 96 Clay Boswell Minnesota Coal 923 MW 97 Clover Virginia Coal 848 MW 98 Warrick Indiana Coal 823 MW 99 Coronado Arizona Coal 822 MW 100 Dave Johnston Wyoming Coal 817 MW
Browse by state Alaska 157 plants 3,135 MW Alabama 104 plants 32,973 MW Arkansas 145 plants 18,233 MW Arizona 231 plants 38,013 MW California 2,171 plants 104,274 MW Colorado 342 plants 21,704 MW Connecticut 201 plants 11,216 MW District of Columbia 22 plants 66 MW Delaware 43 plants 3,448 MW Florida 405 plants 80,476 MW Georgia 315 plants 41,807 MW Hawaii 93 plants 3,702 MW Iowa 331 plants 24,720 MW Idaho 160 plants 5,999 MW Illinois 566 plants 53,814 MW Indiana 269 plants 31,866 MW Kansas 212 plants 20,732 MW Kentucky 92 plants 21,989 MW Louisiana 128 plants 30,012 MW Massachusetts 700 plants 14,691 MW Maryland 246 plants 13,242 MW Maine 269 plants 5,966 MW Michigan 332 plants 34,772 MW Minnesota 837 plants 20,711 MW Missouri 164 plants 23,502 MW Mississippi 88 plants 18,086 MW Montana 83 plants 7,403 MW North Carolina 988 plants 42,411 MW North Dakota 71 plants 10,074 MW Nebraska 141 plants 11,447 MW New Hampshire 61 plants 4,730 MW New Jersey 427 plants 18,347 MW New Mexico 182 plants 12,877 MW Nevada 147 plants 17,553 MW New York 1,215 plants 44,921 MW Ohio 262 plants 33,151 MW Oklahoma 167 plants 34,818 MW Oregon 321 plants 18,561 MW Pennsylvania 324 plants 54,933 MW Rhode Island 109 plants 2,505 MW South Carolina 259 plants 26,684 MW South Dakota 62 plants 7,667 MW Tennessee 124 plants 24,397 MW Texas 1,368 plants 186,849 MW Utah 147 plants 10,694 MW Virginia 317 plants 32,763 MW Vermont 124 plants 913 MW Washington 172 plants 31,538 MW Wisconsin 292 plants 19,804 MW West Virginia 56 plants 15,839 MW Wyoming 90 plants 12,033 MW Cite this page PowerPlantsNearMe.com. (2026). Coal Power Plants in America. Derived from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID. Retrieved from https://powerplantsnearme.com/coal-power-plants-in-america Click the citation to select it for copying. For bulk data, see the data downloads page .